Patent ID: 6116937
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A fastener for connectors, every connector having a main body and a front insert, comprising:a latch member, formed separately and outside the main body, including at least one latch finger located along a lateral side of the insert, the latch finger having a root end extending to a side wall of the body;a latch arm located outside the root end of the latch finger; anda wedge motion mechanism located between the latch member and the latch arm for converting transverse motion of the latch arm to vertical motion of the latch finger, wherein the wedge motion mechanism includes a bulge located on a top surface of the root end of the latch finger, and a transverse flange extended from a top side of the latch arm, the bulge having a slope surface touchable with the flange and moving downwards when the flange is moved transversely toward a center of the body.