Electrical Connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsXian Li, Xinjie Zhang, Xin Song
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprises a housing, an electrical connection assembly received in the housing, and a locking mechanism mounted on an outer surface of the housing and configured to releasably lock the electrical connector and a mating electrical connector together. The locking mechanism includes a handle, a locking member adapted to be engaged with a locking structure on the mating electrical connector, the locking member connected to the handle such that the mating electrical connector is unlocked when the handle is pulled, and a fixing member mounted on the outer surface of the housing and adapted to position the locking member and the handle between the fixing member and the housing.
Claims20
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- an electrical connection assembly received in the housing;
- and
- a locking mechanism mounted on an outer surface of the housing and configured to releasably lock the electrical connector and a mating electrical connector together, the locking mechanism including:
- a handle;
- a locking member adapted to be engaged with a locking structure on the mating electrical connector, the locking member connected to the handle such that the mating electrical connector is unlocked when the handle is pulled;
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- a fixing member mounted on the outer surface of the housing and adapted to position the locking member and the handle between the fixing member and the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.