Patent ID: 9437973
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector receivable an object along a receiving direction, the connector ejecting the object along an ejecting direction opposite to the receiving direction, wherein: the object has a mating terminal, a pressed portion and a regulated portion; when the object is moved in the receiving direction, the regulated portion is moved in the receiving direction together with the object; when the object is moved in the ejecting direction, the regulated portion is moved in the ejecting direction together with the object; the connector comprises a holding member, a terminal and an operation member; the terminal is held by the holding member; when the connector receives the object, the terminal is connected with the mating terminal; the operation member is supported by the holding member so as to be movable between a first position and a second position; when the connector receives the object, the operation member is positioned at the first position; the operation member includes a press portion and a regulating portion; when the operation member is operated to be moved from the first position toward the second position, the press portion presses the pressed portion in the ejecting direction to move the object in the ejecting direction; and at the latest until the operation member reaches the second position, the regulating portion enters into an ejecting path to regulate a movement of the regulated portion in the ejecting direction so that the regulating portion prevents the object from being released off the connector in the ejecting direction, the ejecting path being a movement path on which the regulated portion passes when moved in the ejecting direction.