Electrical connector with improved latching machanism

An electrical connector, comprising:

• an elongated housing having a base segment and a mating segment extending forwardly form the base segment;
• a latch mechanism having a pull member and a latch member fastened together and mounted to the housing, the latch member being undetachable from the pull member;
• a metal shell assembled to the housing to partially shield the latch mechanism, with a front portion of the latch member disposed aside the mating segment;
• and
• movement of the pull member causing the front portion of the latch member deflected from the mating segment;
• wherein the base segment defines a first cavity portion in a front portion thereof and a channel portion located in a rear portion of the base segment and communicating with the first cavity portion;
• wherein the pull member includes a main body received in the channel portion and an actuator portion connecting with the main body and extending into the first cavity portion;
• wherein the actuator portion includes a horizontal portion received in a front portion of the channel portion and a downwardly inflected portion extending into the first cavity portion;
• wherein a pair of spaced supporting members arranged in rear portion of the first cavity portion;
• wherein the inflected portion of the actuator portion rides against the pair of supporting members.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a casing defining a mating segment and a base segment;
• a latch mechanism including a latch member and a pull member, the latch member being essentially of a cantilever manner with a rear retention section retained to the base segment, a front hook moveable around the mating segment, and an inclined connection section linked between the rear retention section and the front hook section, the pull member being restricted to move along a front-to-back direction only and including a rear handle portion and a front cam member with a mounting hole thereabouts so as to allow the inclined connection section pass therethrough, thus the rear retention section being essentially positioned under the pull member while the inclined connection section being positioned above the cam member of the pull member in an interwoven manner, wherein the cam member moveably abuts against an underside of said inclined connection section;
• wherein
• the cam member continuously extends along a transverse direction to seal the mounting hole in said front-to-back direction.