Connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics Japan G.K.
InventorsTakashi Shimoyasu, Shinji Yamada
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Abstract
A locking connector having a body with a receiving section and a mating section. The locking connector includes a cantilevered lock arm with a pivoting end integrally formed with a midpoint of the receiving section and extending along an axial direction towards a mating end of the mating section. The locking connector also includes a locking projection disposed on an outer surface of a mating end of the cantilevered lock arm. A lock release arm is integrally formed with the mating end of the cantilevered lock arm and separately extends along the axial direction from the mating end of the cantilevered lock arm towards the receiving section. The lock release arm projects from a terminal end of the receiving section.
Claims16
A locking connector comprising:
- a body with a receiving section and a mating section;
- a cantilevered lock arm with a pivoting end integrally formed with a midpoint of the receiving section and extending along an axial direction towards a mating end of the mating section;
- a locking projection disposed on an outer surface of a mating end of the cantilevered lock arm;
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- a lock release arm integrally formed with the mating end of the cantilevered lock arm and separately extending along the axial direction from the mating end of the cantilevered lock arm towards the receiving section, and projecting from a terminal end of the receiving section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.