Patent ID: 9664218
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01R,Y10T

Claim:
1. A connector mateable with and removable from a mating structure along an upper-lower direction, the mating structure having an upper surface and comprising a pin contact and a lock housing which extend upward along the upper-lower direction from the upper surface, the connector comprising a housing, a contact and an operation member, wherein: the contact is held by the housing, the contact being brought into contact with the pin contact under a mated state where the connector and the mating structure are mated with each other; the operation member is formed separately from the housing and supported by the housing, the operation member being rotationally movable between a release position and a lock position about a pivot axis which is in parallel to the upper-lower direction, the operation member being provided with a locked portion projecting in a radial direction perpendicular to the pivot axis, the locked portion allowing the connector to be moved to the mated state with the mating structure and to be removed from the mating structure when the operation member is located at the release position, the locked portion interfering with the lock housing when the operation member is located at the lock position, so that the locked portion prevents the connector from being moved to the mated state with the mating structure and from being removed from the mating structure; and wherein in a plane perpendicular to the upper-lower direction, the locked portion of the operation member at the lock position protrudes from the housing while the locked portion of the operation member at the release position does not protrude from the housing.