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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2007
Fan Shin Hong, Singapore, SG;
Fan Shin Hong, Singapore, SG;
MEA Technologies Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An electric connector includes a plug terminaland a connector housing. The plug terminalhas a contact portionin one end and an electric wire connecting terminalin the other end, and the connector housingaccommodating the plug terminal. In the plug terminal, the contact portion and the electric wire connecting portion are connected through an elastic spring portion, the connector housingaccommodates both the plug terminaland a gate memberwhich holds a contact portion of the plug terminal, the contact portionof the plug terminal is held in the connector housing by the gate memberwhile the spring is compressed and pushed in, and the hold state is released to project the contact portion of the plug terminal from the connector housing in coupling the electric connector to the mating connector. Therefore, the invention can provide the electric connector enabling it to protect the plug terminal with a simple structure in which the contact portion of the plug terminal is pushed in the connector housing before coupling the electric connector to the mating connector.