Patent ID: 11888247
Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A connector assembly comprising a connector and a mating connector, wherein:
the connector is mateable with the mating connector, which is located below the connector in an upper-lower direction, along the upper-lower direction;
the mating connector comprises a mating holding member and a mating lock member;
the mating holding member holds the mating lock member;
the mating lock member has a mating lock portion;
the mating lock portion faces at least downward;
the connector comprises a holding member and a lock member;
the holding member has a holding portion and a stop portion;
the lock member has a held portion, a lock portion, and a coupling portion;
the held portion is held by the holding portion;
the lock portion and the mating lock portion are configured to lock a mated state where the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other;
the coupling portion couples the held portion and the lock portion to each other;
the lock portion is located below the mating lock portion and faces the mating lock portion in the upper-lower direction under the mated state;
the coupling portion has an abutment portion;
when the lock portion is moved toward the held portion in a first horizontal direction perpendicular to the upper-lower direction in accordance with removal of the connector from the mating connector under the mated state, the abutment portion is brought into abutment with the stop portion so that a movement of the lock portion is restricted;
the coupling portion has a first bent portion and a second bent portion;
the first bent portion has a U-like shape;
the second bent portion has a reversed U-like shape;
the first bent portion is located between the second bent portion and the held portion; and
the stop portion is located between the abutment portion and the lock portion in the first horizontal direction.