Patent ID: 9450319
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical cable connector to be connected to a cable and a mating connector, comprising: a housing including a vertical wall protruding from an inner surface of the housing, said vertical wall including a thin wall section and a thick wall section; and a contact member disposed in the housing to be electrically connected to the cable, wherein said contact member includes: a base portion extending in an axial direction of the cable; a connecting portion disposed on one side of the base portion in the axial direction of the cable and to be connected to the cable, said connecting portion being formed in a flat plate shape; a pinching section disposed on the other side of the base portion in the axial direction of the cable to contact with a mating contact portion of the mating connector, said pinching section extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; and an elastic locking section disposed between the pinching section and the connecting portion in the axial direction of the cable and extending from the base portion, said elastic locking section extending in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction, wherein said elastic locking section is formed of a pair of elastic engaging pieces facing each other, said elastic engaging pieces extend upwardly away from each other so that a distance in between increases away from the base portion, said thick wall section includes a pair of thick wall portions, said thick wall portions are arranged apart with a distance smaller than a maximum distance between the elastic engaging pieces so that the elastic engaging pieces engage with the thick wall portions, said contact member further includes a wide width portion formed in a flat plate shape and disposed between the pinching portion and the elastic locking section in the axial direction, and said housing includes a space for accommodating the wide width portion.