Electrical connectors – With indicating or identifying provision – Connection indicating provision
Patent
1995-07-07
1997-02-25
Bradley, P. Austin
Electrical connectors
With indicating or identifying provision
Connection indicating provision
H01R 300
Patent
active
056054726
ABSTRACT:
A resilient locking arm 4 formed on a connector housing 1, which is one of the two mating connector housings, is provided with a guiding section, and a connector fitting detection member 2 comprises a fitting section to be slidably engaged with the guiding section and a resilient detecting arm 17 having a locking projection 20 which is deflectable downward with respect to a locking protuberance 6 formed on the locking arm 4, wherein the locking projection 20 is slidable on the respective lowest end surfaces 10a, 6a respectively of a fitting projection 10 formed on the mating housing 9 and the locking protuberance 6 when the connectors are completely coupled with each other, and wherein the guiding section is formed on a pushing plate 7 provided further on the resilient locking arm, and a resilient fitting detecting arm 17 which is integrally formed to an operating section 16 of the fitting detection member 2 is urged downward with respect to the pushing plate.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5120255 (1992-06-01), Kouda et al.
Ohtaka Kazuto
Sakai Hitoshi
Bradley P. Austin
Kim Yong
Yazaki -Corporation
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