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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Takahiro Yamaji, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kawase, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushi Kamata, Aomori, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/627 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a connector including at least one contact and a housing holding the at least one contact, a locking member is received in a lock receiving portion of the housing and serves to lock a fitted state with a mating connector. The locking member includes a shaft portion. The lock receiving portion includes a bottom surface faced to the shaft portion in its axial direction and a side surface for guiding rotation of the shaft portion. At least one of the locking member and the lock receiving portion includes a spring portion pressing the shaft portion towards the bottom surface.