US 7,677,936 B2Granted

Plug connector having retainer attached mold case

AssigneeHonda Tsushin Kogyo Co., Ltd.

InventorsTakeshi Sato, Taku Kawano

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Abstract

To prevent damage by an external force in a retainer attached mold case of a plug connector including an insulating member having aligned containing holes containing contacts, a shield case surrounding the insulating member, a substantially cylindrical mold case incorporating these therein and having slits for grounding at two side walls thereof and an elastic claw with a lock portion and a lock release portion at an upper face, and a retainer for closing a rear end opening of the mold case excluding a cable inserting portion, a locking projection is projected to a rear side from a rear end portion of the elastic claw, and a float preventing piece for preventing the elastic claw from floating up by engaging with the locking projection is projected from a front end portion of the retainer.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A plug connector having a retainer attached mold case, the plug connector comprising:

an insulating member having aligned containing holes containing contacts;
a shield case surrounding the insulating member excluding a front face thereof;
a mold case substantially constituting a cylindrical case that accommodates the insulating member and the shield case at an inner space portion, two side walls of the mold case being formed with grounding slits open to communicate with a front end opening and an upper face of the mold case, the mold case including an elastic claw having a lock portion extended to a rear side by being turned back from a front end portion, and a lock release portion;
and a retainer for closing a rear end opening of the mold case by excluding a cable inserting portion;
wherein a projection is projected to a rear side from a rear end portion of the elastic claw, and a float-preventing piece for preventing the elastic claw from floating up by being engaged with the projection is projected from a front-end portion of the retainer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/230,758Filed 4 Sep 2008
Priority: JP 2007-2313376 Sep 2007
Published: US 2009/0068904 A112 Mar 2009
Granted: 16 Mar 2010
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

H01R 13/506
Composed of different pieces: assembled by snap action of the parts
H01R 13/6272
Latching means integral with the housing: comprising a single latching arm
H01R 13/6583
With resilient means for engaging mating connector: with separate conductive resilient members between mating shield members
H01R 2201/26
Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications: for vehicles