Patent ID: 6799986
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising a connector body, a shell and a latch mechanism, wherein the connector body is surrounded by the shell, the shell has in a first direction one end constituting an interface end of the connector to a mating connector and has two openings formed therein at positions near the interface end, the openings are spaced from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the latch mechanism comprises two buttons and two latch members, each of the latch members includes a latch projection formed on one end thereof in the first direction and a control point for movement of the latch projection, the latch members are arranged between the shell and opposite sides of the connector body in the second direction, respectively, so that, under normal conditions, the latch projections project from an inside of the shell through the openings to an outside of the shell, each of the buttons includes a pressing portion, the buttons are arranged so that, under the normal condition, the pressing portions are positioned on or adjacent to the control points of the latch members and that, when the buttons are operated, the pressing portions press the control points to urge the latch projections to be retracted to the inside the shell, characterized in that:the shell further comprises two apertures, each of which has a first area size and which are spaced from each other in the second direction and are positioned farther from the interface end than the openings in the first direction; each of the latch members further comprises a plate portion and a bulged portion formed on the plate portion, wherein the bulged portion serves as the control point of the latch member, the plate portion has a second area size larger than the first area size while the bulged portion has a third area size smaller than the first area size, the plate portion is arranged on an inside surface of the shell to block the corresponding aperture under the normal conditions, the bulged portion is surrounded by the corresponding aperture of the shell under the normal conditions so that the bulged portion is touchable from the outside of the shell; and the buttons are arranged at the outside of the shell so that the pressing portions are positioned at the outside of the shell under the normal conditions.