Patent ID: 9343831
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a first connector possessing a first housing forming an interior region with an insulating wall, and first contacts, laid out on both ends of the first housing, that are conductive members extending toward the outside of the first housing from the wall of the interior region; and a second connector possessing a second housing made up of an insulating wall at least a portion of which is positioned within the interior region of the first housing, and second contacts, laid out on both ends of the second housing corresponding to the layout of the first contacts, that are conductive members extending toward the outside of the second housing from the wall of the second housing, wherein the first housing and the second housing are interlocked and through this the first contacts and the second contacts are electrically connected, and into one housing the other housing interlocks, and a penetrating hole into which a lock member for maintaining the interlocking state between the connectors is insertable and from which the inserted lock member is removable when releasing the interlocking state is formed in the other housing, the electrical connector further comprising: a lock section attached at a position corresponding to the penetrating hole in an inner region surrounded by an outer frame formed by the wall of the one housing facing the other housing when the connectors are interlocked with each other, and composed so as to be lockable with the lock member inserted into the penetrating hole; and a connecting member that is a pair of members attached to both ends of the lock section facing each other so as to interpose the lock section in between, and is connected to a circuit board positioned on the outside of the one housing in a state covering a portion of the one housing along with the lock section.