Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorKoji Iida
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Abstract
A female connector (10) includes a housing body (20). A lock arm (30) has a front end coupled to the housing body (20) and extends rearward. Two legs (80) laterally support the lock arm (30). The lock arm (30) includes an arm body (40) having a lock claw (60) behind a base end (41) and can lock to a mating connector (100) by resiliently returning upward. An unlocking portion (50) is at a rear end of the arm body (40) for displacing the arm body (40) down. An interlocking support (81) extends laterally from the unlocking portion (50) above the housing body (20) and an independent support (82) is separated from the lock arm (30) above the housing body (20), extends in a front-rear direction and has one end coupled to the interlocking support (81) and the other end coupled to the housing body (82).
Claims4
A connector (10), comprising:
- a housing body (20) with a front end to which a mating connector (100) is to be fit;
- a lock arm (30) having a front end coupled to the housing body (20) and extending rearward;
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- two legs (80) laterally supporting the lock arm (30);
- the lock arm (30) including an arm body (40) having a lock (60) provided behind a base end (41) and to be locked to the mating connector by resiliently returning upward, and an unlocking portion (50) coupled to a rear end of the arm body (40) and capable of displacing the arm body (40) down by being displaced down;
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- each of the legs (80) including an interlocking support (81) laterally extending from the unlocking portion (50) above the housing body (20) and an independent support (82) separated from the lock arm (30) above the housing body (20), extending in a front-rear direction and having a first end coupled to the interlocking support (81) and a second end coupled to the housing body (20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.