Electrical connectors – With indicating or identifying provision – Connection indicating provision
Patent
1998-06-30
2000-10-03
Bradley, Paula
Electrical connectors
With indicating or identifying provision
Connection indicating provision
439352, H01R 300
Patent
active
061264806
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector has a detecting member 17 is provided on the upper face of a locking member 9 so that it can slide freely in an anterior-posterior direction. A pair of arms 38 protrude in an anterior direction from two edges located in a width-wise direction of the lower face of the detecting member 17. A pair of plate-shaped ribs 41 which protrude upwards from the upper face of a corresponding male housing M correspond to the arms 38. If the detecting member 17 has been stopped in an advanced position before the housings M and F are fitted together, the anterior faces of the ribs 41 push against head members 39 of the arms 38 while the fitting operation is taking place and, as a result, the detecting member 17 is pushed back in a posterior direction. When the housings M and F are fitted further, the anterior end of the locking member 9 rises on top of the stopping member 15 and inclines. The detecting member 17 inclines together with it, and this causes the head members 39 of the arms 38 to rise onto the upper faces of the ribs 41. This allows the detecting member 17 to be reinserted. A half-fitted state of the connectors can thus be reliably detected.
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Kawase Hajime
Nishide Satoru
Bradley Paula
Gilman Alexander
Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.
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