US 6,786,754 B2Granted

Connector and a connector assembly

AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

InventorsAtsushi Yamaoka, Yukinori Saka, Koji Okutani

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Abstract

A connector has a housing (20) with a lock arm (28) that engages a lock (13) of a mating housing (10) when the housings (10, 20) are connected properly. Resilient members (50) are movable along a connecting direction (CD) of the housings (20, 10) and are displaceable along a direction (RDD) intersecting the connecting direction (CD). The resilient members (50) are pushed back by the mating housing (10) as the housings (20, 10) are connected. A spring (70) between the resilient member (50) and the housing (20) accumulates a biasing force to separate the housings (20, 10) as the resilient member (50) is moved back. An operable member (40) is movable along the connecting direction (CD) and has an operating portion (80) displaceable to an operable position where the lock arm (28) can be operated to cancel the locked state.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A connector having a housing connectable with a mating housing of a mating connector, the housing comprising:

a lock arm resiliently engageable with a lock of the mating housing when the housing is connected properly with the mating housing;
at least one resilient member movable along a connecting direction of the two housings and resiliently displaceable along a direction intersecting the connecting direction, the resilient member being pushable backward by a pushing portion on the mating housing in the process of connecting the two housings;
a biasing member provided between the resilient member and the housing and resiliently compressible while accumulating a biasing force to separate the two housings as the resilient member is moved backward;
and
an operable member movable substantially along the connecting direction, the operable member comprising a movable operating portion displaceable between an operable position where the lock arm can be operated to cancel the locked state of the lock arm with the lock and an inoperable position where the lock arm cannot be operated.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.