Header and connector using header
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsTomonori Tanaka, Yoji Miyazaki
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Abstract
A header-side holding metal fitting is provided with lock piece portions, which are movable in a width direction X of a connector (a header housing) relative to a connection piece (a base portion) of the header-side holding metal fitting. The lock piece portions are lockable to lock holes (lock portions) which are formed in regions of a socket housing (a socket body) opposed to the lock piece portions when the socket housing and a header housing (a header body) are in an engaged state.
Claims12
A header comprising a header body, on which header-side terminals and a header-side holding metal fitting are disposed, and being configured to engage the header body with a socket body, on which at least socket-side terminals are disposed, and thereby to bring the socket-side terminals and the header-side terminals into contact, wherein
- the header-side holding metal fitting includes a lock piece portion being movable in a width direction of the header body relative to a base portion of the header-side holding metal fitting, and
- the lock piece portion is lockable to a lock portion formed in a region of the socket body opposed to the lock piece portion when the socket body and the header body are in an engaged state, and
- a tip end portion of the lock piece portion is bent outward in the width direction of the header body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.