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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2011
Ryuichi Komiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Sakamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Ryuichi Komiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Sakamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kanagawa-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A connector having a sliding cam that prevents twisting when mating with a mating connector. The connector having an inner housing, an inner housing, a slider receiving slot, and a slider. The inner housing includes a contact positioned in the inner housing, while the outer housing is attached to the inner housing. The slider receiving slot is positioned in the outer housing, and the slider includes a plurality of multiple cam grooves with cam pin insertion openings into which a plurality of cam pins positioned along a side surface of a mating connector are inserted. The slider is slidably received in the slider receiving slot. A plurality of temporary mating projections are positioned along the cam pin insertion openings, wherein a height of one of the plurality of temporary mating projections is higher than a height of another of the plurality of temporary mating projections.