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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Kaneko, Saitama, JP;
Masayoshi Kokusho, Saitama, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a connector in which a plug and a receptacle can be connected easily and the plug and the receptacle are separated from each other by rotating a coupling ring. A plug () is structured so that an inner circumference of an external cylinder () includes a pair of the projections () and (). A receptacle () is structured so that the projections () and () are inserted in the axial direction to a pair of first elastic pieces () to provide an engagement therebetween. The engagement between the projection () and the first elastic pieces () provides a connection between the plug () and the receptacle (). The receptacle () includes a rail groove () in which, when the external cylinder () is rotated, the projection () moves the plugin a direction along which the plug () is away from the receptacle ().