Cover-equipped connector

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1998-12-23

2000-10-24

Abrams, Neil

Electrical connectors

With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...

Retaining means

439138, H01R 13627

Patent

active

061358029

ABSTRACT:
A compact pair of electrical connectors are provided with a cover that os automatically openable. The connectors include housings (1, 21). When the connection of the housings (1, 21) is started, a pushed-up portion (61) is moved along a guide surface (65) of a push-up plate (64), thereby gradually opening a cover (51), and then is moved onto a lock arm (15). The lock arm (15) is elastically deformed upward by lock projections (17) moving onto locking projections (46) and the cover (51) is further opened according to this elastic deformation. When the lock arm (15) is elastically deformed to its maximum degree, a push-in portion (16) is lifted to a position immediately before upper beams (18A) of a jam preventing frame (18) and the pushed-up portion (61) is moved upward along tapered surfaces (68) of the upper beams (18A), moving over the upper beams (18A). When the housings (1, 21) are properly connected, the lock arm (15) is restored to its original shape and the cover (51) is closed by the biasing force of the biasing spring (57).

REFERENCES:
patent: 4884978 (1989-12-01), Inaba et al.
patent: 5437559 (1995-08-01), Okumura et al.
patent: 5480324 (1996-01-01), Maegawa et al.
patent: 6019629 (2000-02-01), Ito et al.

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