Attachment for preventing cover from falling off

Details Attachment for preventing cover from falling off Attachment for preventing cover from falling off

2007-11-27

2007-11-27

Dinh, Phuong (Department: 2839)

Electrical connectors

With contact preventer or retractable cover part

Movably mounted

Reexamination Certificate

active

11560081

ABSTRACT:
An attachment (10) for preventing a cover (4) from falling off from a housing (1) is provided. The cover (4) includes an elastic member (54) on each of the right and lefts ends thereof. The elastic members are made elastically deformable by forming slits (56) in the cover (4). The elastic members (54) each have a protrusion (52). In order to mount the cover (4) to the housing (1), the protrusions (52) are inserted into respective ones of holes (7) formed in the housing (1) by inwardly deforming and, then, restoring the elastic members (54). After mounting the cover (4) to the housing (1), the cover falling-off preventing attachment (10) is attached to the cover (4), with side walls 18 of the attachment (10) positioned to extend into the respective slits (56), whereby the deformation of the elastic members (54) is prevented.

REFERENCES:
patent: RE31086 (1982-11-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 6825441 (2004-11-01), Katooka et al.
patent: 2007/0102392 (2007-05-01), Hoepner et al.

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