Patent ID: 9548560
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: F16B,H01R

Claim:
1. A connector comprising: a plug connector including a housing, a plurality of contacts in the housing and at least one engagement pin provided on each side of the plug connector; and the plug connector fitted into a receptacle connector, the receptacle including a housing, a plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contacts in the plug connector; a rotatable shaft fitted in the housing; a least one hook fixed to the shaft, wherein the hook includes an engagement section corresponding to the engagement pin, wherein the engagement section is configured to lock onto the engagement pin when the plug connector is inserted into the receptacle connector and the shaft is rotated; and a projection extending outward from a side of the hook and in opposed direction with the hook, wherein if the plug connector is not fitted into the receptacle connector in a state that the plug connector is parallel to the receptacle connector such that the engagement section cannot properly engage the engagement pin and the projection strikes against the engagement pin, the projection preventing the hook and the shaft from being rotated further.