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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2017
Molex, Llc, Lisle, IL (US);
Junichi Asanuma, Yamato, JP;
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A connector includes a housing, terminals and a lock member. The housing has an insertion slot for inserting a flat cable having an engaging protruding portion projecting outward in the transverse direction. The terminals are mounted in the housing for establishing an electrical connection with conductive wires in the flat cable. The lock member is mounted on the housing for locking a flat cable inserted into the insertion slot. The lock member includes a spring member having a free end vertically displaceable with respect to the housing and an engaging protrusion connected to the free end of the spring member. The engaging protrusion has an inclined edge portion formed in the front in the insertion direction of the flat cable. The inclined edge portion is inclined relative to the insertion direction of the flat cable when viewed from above.
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