Connector
AssigneePanasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoji Miyazaki, Kenji Okura
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Abstract
A connector includes a generally rectangular socket and a generally rectangular header couplable with the socket. The header is provided with arch-shaped engaging members arranged in opposite short sides thereof, the engaging members being elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction of the header. Each of the engaging members includes a protrusion portion protruding from the header or socket in the longitudinal direction thereof. The socket includes retainer portions engageable with the respective protrusion portions of the engaging members. The engaging members are elastically deformed when the header is coupled with the socket.
Claims8
A connector comprising a generally rectangular socket and a generally rectangular header couplable with the socket, wherein:
- one of the header and the socket is provided with arch-shaped engaging members arranged in opposite short sides thereof, the engaging members being elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction of the header or socket,
- each of the engaging members includes a protrusion portion protruding from the header or socket in the longitudinal direction thereof,
- the other of the header and the socket includes retainer portions engageable with the respective protrusion portions of the engaging members, and
- the engaging members are elastically deformed when the header is coupled with the socket.
A connector comprising a socket, a generally rectangular header couplable with the socket, and a lock mechanism for coupling the socket and the header together, wherein:
- the lock mechanism includes:
- arch-shaped engaging members arranged in opposite short sides of the header, the engaging members being extendible and retractable in a width direction of the header, the engaging members provided with protrusion portions whose protrusion amount from the header is increased when the engaging members are retracted but decreased when the engaging members are extended;
- and retainer portions provided in the socket and engageable with the respective protrusion portions of the engaging members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.