IP Library Granted Patent US 9,742,114
Granted Patent B2
US 9,742,114 · App. 15/171,209 · Granted Aug 22, 2017

Connector with a claw of locking member

Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasaki (Makinohara, JP); Takumi Nakagishi (Makinohara, JP); Akihiro Tsuruta (Fujieda, JP); Kiyotaka Mizuno (Fujieda, JP)
Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
H01R13/639H01R13/6272
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,742,114
App. No.
15/171,209
Granted
Aug 22, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector is fitted into a mating connector including a receiving member, and includes a locking arm for locking the receiving member. The locking arm includes an arm member which extends in a fitting direction to the mating connector, and a locking member which is provided at a tip end of the arm member or in the neighborhood thereof so as to project in a direction intersecting the direction of fitting, and locks the receiving member. The locking member includes a claw which is formed at a tip end of the locking member so as to project in a direction opposite to the fitting direction to the mating connector and is caught by the receiving member.

Claims (12)

1. A connector which is fitted into a mating connector including a receiving member, the connector comprising:

a locking arm for locking the receiving member in order to keep the connector and the mating connector fitted into each other,

wherein

the locking arm includes

an arm member extending in a fitting direction to the mating connector, and

a locking member provided at a tip end of the arm member or in the neighborhood thereof so as to project in a direction crossing the fitting direction and to lock the receiving member of the mating connector, and

the locking member includes

a claw which is formed at a tip end of the locking member so as to project in a direction opposite to the fitting direction and by which the receiving member of the mating connector is caught, and

further comprising

a pushing member for pushing the receiving member of the mating connector toward the arm member when the mating connector is fitted into the connector, the pushing member being provided so as to project toward the arm member from a facing wall of the connector.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein

when the connector is fitted into the mating connector, the pushing member is provided in a position where the pushing member comes into contact with the mating connector after the locking member comes into contact with the mating connector.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2016
From: SASAKI, YASUHIRO; NAKAGISHI, TAKUMI; TSURUTA, AKIHIRO; MIZUNO, KIYOTAKA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038786/0102 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-112137 · Jun 2, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160359271A1 · Dec 8, 2016