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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Takayanagi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L 3/500 ;
Abstract
A checker comprises a thin-walled checker body, a pull-ring and inwardly directed engagement portions. The pull-ring is formed on a widthwise center part of an outer peripheral portion of the checker body. The inwardly directed engagement portions are formed on widthwise opposite ends of the checker body. The checker is fitted and mounted on a connector housing so that the checker body seats in a fit-in slot defined by elongate ribs formed on a flat region of the connector housing and the inwardly directed engagement portions snap in and locking engage with engagement windows of the connector housing.