Patent ID: 9231322
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A board-connecting electrical connector device for mutually mating a first electrical connector to which a first wiring board is coupled and a second electrical connector to which a second wiring board is coupled to electrically connect the first and second wiring boards with each other, the board-connecting electrical connector device configured to maintain the first and second electrical connectors in a mutually mated state by mutually engaging lock members provided on insulating housings of the first and second electrical connectors; wherein the lock member of either one of the first and second electrical connectors has a lock guide part provided on the insulating housing and a movable lock engagement part attached to the lock guide part so as to be able to reciprocate; the lock member of the other one of the first and second electrical connectors has a fixed lock latch part attached to the insulating housing; the fixed lock latch part has an arrangement relation that, when the first and second electrical connectors are mutually mated, the fixed lock latch part is overlapped with the lock guide part in the direction of the mating; the movable lock engagement part is configured to be engaged or released with/from the fixed lock latch part when the movable lock engagement part is moved along the lock guide part from the state in which the fixed lock latch part is overlapped with the lock guide part; and at least one of the insulating housings of the first and second electrical connectors is provided with a housing-operation opening that brings the movable lock engagement part into an exposed state toward the outer side of the mating direction.