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US 2003/0077929 A1Published application
Electrical connector
AssigneeHirose Electic Co., Ltd.
InventorAkira Funatsu
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Abstract
An electrical connector system comprises a shutter (15) having shutter members (16 and 17) with arms (21) pivoted to the end walls of a receptacle (1). The shutter members (16 and 17) are biased by a spring member (18) such that the sliding sections (20) are closed to cover a plug fitting section (39) and opened by guide pins (37) that are provided on a plug connector (2).
Claims8
An electrical connector system comprising:
- a first connector including a mating connector fitting section and a shutter made by a pair of shutter members for closing said mating connector fitting section;
- a second connector;
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- means for moving said shutter members to open said mating connector fitting section for receiving said second connector, thereby connecting said first and second connectors.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.