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US 8,425,245 · App. 13/183,817 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Fastener for an electrical connector

Inventors: Shang Ju Tsai (Keelung, TW); Yan Xian Yuan (Guangzhou, CN); Yao Li (Guangzhou, CN)
Assignee: Lotes Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,425,245
App. No.
13/183,817
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a fastener. The fastener includes: a lower fastening base, in which a pivoting plate is disposed upward on a back end of the lower fastening base and concavely disposed with a limiting groove, an upper fastening plate, disposed on the lower fastening base in a covering manner, in which a back end of the upper fastening plate has at least one pivoting portion pivotally connected to the pivoting plate, a limiting portion, extending backward from the upper fastening plate and penetrating the limiting groove correspondingly, at least one stop block, convexly extending from the limiting portion and located behind the pivoting plate, and a fixing part, disposed on a frond end of the lower fastening base and used for fixing the upper fastening plate to the lower fastening base.

Claims (14)

1. A fastener for an electrical connector, comprising:

a lower fastening base, wherein a pivoting plate is disposed upward on a back end of the lower fastening base and concavely disposed with a limiting groove;

an upper fastening plate, disposed on the lower fastening base in a covering manner, wherein a back end of the upper fastening plate has at least one pivoting portion pivotally connected to the pivoting plate;

a limiting portion, extending backward from the upper fastening plate and running through the limiting groove correspondingly;

at least one stop block, convexly extending from the limiting portion and located behind the pivoting plate; and

a fixing part, pivotally fixed to the lower fastening base and used for fixing the upper fastening plate to the lower fastening base,

wherein an abdication hole is disposed on the lower fastening base corresponding to the limiting portion, and when the upper fastening plate is rotated and opened, an end of the limiting portion and the stop block both enter the abdication hole.

2. The fastener for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the stop block leans against the pivoting plate.

3. The fastener for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein two stop blocks extends at two sides of the limiting portion respectively.

4. The fastener for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the stop block and the limiting portion are integrally formed.

5. The fastener for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein at least one bump is convexly disposed upward on a position of the pivoting plate near the limiting portion and is located in front of the stop block correspondingly.

6. The fastener for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the limiting groove is located on a middle position of the pivoting plate, and the limiting portion is located on a middle position of the back end of the upper fastening plate correspondingly.

7. The fastener for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein two stop portions are convexly disposed towards the upper fastening plate on two side ends of the pivoting plate and leans against the upper fastening plate.

8. The fastener for an electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein two stop portions are bent from the two side ends of the pivoting plate and extend towards the upper fastening plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2011
From: TSAI, SHANG JU; YUAN, YAN XIAN; LI, YAO
To: LOTES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2011 2 0122663 U · Apr 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120267498A1 · Oct 25, 2012