Connector with lock onto panel

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1990-05-21

1991-09-17

Sakran, Victor N.

Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.

Readily interlocking, two-part fastener requiring either...

24669, 403393, F16B 1300

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050481614

ABSTRACT:
A connector having an improved mechanism for its lock onto a panel. A housing of the connector has a wall on which a sliding rail capable of slidingly fitting onto guide rails of the panel is provided. A flexible engagement member having an engagement projection engageable with an engagement projection of the panel is formed in a portion of the wall by cutting a part of the wall. When the sliding rail is slid on the guide rail to fit thereon, the flexible engagement member is deformed and has its position changed toward the inside of the housing while its engagement projection abuts on the engagement projection of the panel until the member recovers its original position upon the engagement between the projections. The arrangement of the flexible engagement member is advantageous in that it does not require any deformation distance to be provided on the outside of the housing, thereby enabling the entire connector to be compact. The member may be provided with lock release portions engageable with a lock release instrument inserting into the inside of the housing. With this arrangement, the connector can be easily released from its state of being locked.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1423590 (1922-07-01), Zimmerman
patent: 3095625 (1963-07-01), Propst
patent: 3239988 (1966-03-01), Meyer
patent: 4305182 (1981-12-01), Peterson
patent: 4861183 (1989-08-01), Loos

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