Connection detecting connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorAtsushi Yamaoka
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Abstract
A female housing (20) has a slider (40) movable oblique to a connecting direction with a male connector housing (10), and a coil spring (30) for biasing the slider (40) forward with respect to the connecting direction. As the housings (10, 20) are connected, a lock (12) of the male housing (10) contacts a lock (42) of the slider (40) to push the slider (40) backward. The locks (12, 42) disengage when the housings (10, 20) reach a properly connected state. Thus, the restoring force of the coil spring (30) returns the slider (40) to its front-end position and the lock (42) engages a rear side of the lock (12). As a result, the housings (10, 20) are locked together.
Claims14
A connection detecting connector, comprising:
- first and second housings (10, 20;
- 50, 20) connectable with and separable from each other along a connecting direction (CD), the first housing (20) comprising a slider (40;
- 60) movable in a direction (SD) oblique to the connecting direction (CD) and a biasing member (30) for biasing the slider (40;
- 60) forward with respect to the connecting direction (CD), wherein:
- a pushing portion (12;
- 51) provided at the second housing (10, 50) for contacting and pushing a pushable portion (42;
- 61) of the slider (40;
- 60) while the housings (10, 20;
- 50, 20) are being connected, and for moving the slider (40;
- 60) backward with respect to the connecting direction (CD) while accumulating a force in the biasing member (30), and
- the pushing portion (12;
- 51) and the pushable portion (42;
- 61) disengaging when the housings (10, 20;
- 50, 20) substantially reach a properly connected state (FIGS. 6;
- 10), whereby the biasing member (30) is at least partly restored while moving the slider (40;
- 60) forward with respect to the connecting direction (CD).
A connection detecting connector, comprising:
- first and second housings (10, 20;
- 50, 20) having front ends that are connectable with one another by moving said housings (10, 20;
- 50, 20) along a connecting direction (CD);
- a slider (40;
- 60) mounted in the first housing (20) for movement in a moving direction (SD) oblique to the connecting direction (CD), the slider (40;
- 60) having a pushable surface (42;
- 61) facing towards the front end of the first housing (20);
- a biasing member (30) for biasing the slider (40;
- 60) toward the front end of the first housing (20);
- a pushing surface (12;
- 51) formed on the second housing (10, 50) and aligned for contacting the pushable surface (42;
- 61) of the slider (40;
- 60) while the housings (10, 20;
- 50, 20) are being connected, and for moving the slider (40;
- 60) along the moving direction (SD) while accumulating a force in the biasing member (30), and
- the pushable portion (42;
- 61) disengaging from the pushing portion (12;
- 51) when the housings (10, 20;
- 50, 20) substantially reach a properly connected state (FIGS. 6;
- 10) such that the biasing member (30) is at least partly restored and returns the slider (40;
- 60) towards the front end of the first housing (20).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.