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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2003
Yukifumi Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Enari, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsu Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
Yukifumi Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Enari, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsu Hirose, Tokyo, JP;
FCI, Versailles, FR;
Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an electrical connector assembly, housings are locked with each other by locking a rear holder provided in a first connector with a cooperating second connector. In a rear holder main bodyof a rear holderthere are formed a plurality of resilient clamping lanceswhich clamp connection terminalsinserted into respective terminal receiving holesformed in a housing main body. At a middle upper portion of the rear holderthere is provided a resilient locking arm, and a locking clawis formed on the locking arm. When the housing main bodyis inserted into a housing main bodyof a cooperating connector, connection terminalsandare coupled with each other. The locking clawprovided on the locking armof the rear holderis engaged with a locking portionof the housing main bodyof the cooperating second connector.