Patent ID: 6231359
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprising:a first connector including a driven member rotatably supported thereon and a resilient member provided between said first connector and said driven member; anda second connector including a drive means which, during fitting said first and second connectors, engages with, and drives, said driven member into rotation to bias said resilient member,said driven member having an elongated slit with closed ends defining a slide guide, and said resilient member being at a first end of said slit supported on said first connector and at a second end engaged with said slide guide to be slidable between opposite ends of said slide guide to cause a switch from a repulsion force to a drawing force, andwherein said resilient member, when biased, produces consecutively said repulsion force and said drawing force on said driven member, said repulsion force and said drawing force acting through said driven member on said second connector alternatively in opposite directions for alternately repelling and drawing said second connector with respect to said first connector.