US 2002/0160644 A1 · Connector and method for assembling a connector

Abstract

A connector includes male and female housings (10, 30). The male housing (10) has a receptacle (11) and lock arm (18) projects into the receptacle (11) for locking the female housing (30). A slider (60) is assembled in the female housing (30) and is biased forwardly by springs (61). The lock arm (18) is resiliently deformable between an engaging position where the lock arm (18) is engageable with the slider (60) and a disengaging position where the lock arm (18) is disengaged from the slider (60). If a connecting or separating operation is interrupted halfway, spring forces accumulated in the springs (61) are released and push the slider (60) against the lock arm (18) to forcibly separate the housings (10, 30).

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Dependent claims

A connector having at least first and second connector housings (30, 10) that connectable with each other, comprising:

a slider (60) assembled with the first connector housing (30) and movable forward and backward along connecting and separating directions (CSD) of the connector housings (10, 30), and
a resilient engaging portion (18) provided in the second connector housing (10) and being resiliently displaceable between a first position (FIG. 10;
15) and a second position (FIG. 12) when the connector housings (10, 30) are properly connected,
wherein the slider (60) is formed to substantially surround at least one outer circumferential surface (30A-D) of the first connector housing (30).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Connector and method for assembling a connector

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