Patent ID: 7040910
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A plug type connector, comprising: a contact portion for electrical connection to a counter connector, said contact portion having two sides; an elastic locking piece placed on each of said two sides of said contact portion, said elastic locking piece being engaged with and disengaged from an engagement portion of the counter connector; and a press operating member which presses said elastic locking piece positioned in a position of engagement with the engagement portion of the counter connector in a direction along which said elastic locking piece approaches said contact portion, whereby said elastic locking piece is displaced against resiliency to a position of disconnection from the engagement portion of the counter connector, wherein: said elastic locking piece is configured from a synthetic resin molded product having an elastic, slender arm portion that is flexurally deformable, and a latch portion that is to be engaged with and disengaged from the engagement portion of the counter connector by means of flexural deformation of said arm portion; a backup member placed behind said arm portion, and which has resiliency for defining a level of an operation load that is required for supporting and flexurally deforming said arm portion; and resilient force of said backup member is defined by adjusting an area of a contact surface with respect to said arm portion.