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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2008
Toru Nomiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Hashiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Nomiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Hashiguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lock-equipped connector capable of preventing plastic deformation of a spring section of a locking member even when the connector is made compact in size. The locking member has a pair of arms extending in a fitting/removing direction of the connector, a connecting portion that connects the arms, a spring section, and engaging nails formed on the arms. The spring section has a first spring portion extending from the connecting portion in the fitting/removing direction, a second and a third spring portions extending from an end of the first spring portion opposite from the connecting portion side in a manner folded back toward one side and the other side of the connecting portion, respectively. A first and second fixing portions are connected to the second and third spring portions, respectively, and are fixed to the housing.