Patent ID: 7841885
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector suitable to mate with a counterpart connector along a mating axis (X), and having an insulating housing and snap-fit locking means provided to releasably lock said housing onto a counterpart connector housing in a mated position, said locking means comprising a partially deformable locking member which is mounted on the housing so as to be axially slideable between an extended locking position and a retracted position, and biasing means which axially bias said locking member to its locking position, wherein the locking member has a flexible beam including a tooth member adapted to engage a complementary locking projection of the counterpart connector housing, and to provide an axial stop therewith in the locking position of the locking member, said flexible beam being elastically deflectable on the axial path of the locking member, wherein the tooth member is configured to come into contact with the locking projection at a first stage of mating of the electrical connector to the counterpart connector to thereby compress the biasing means as the mating is continued.