Patent ID: 6354860
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a housing extending in a direction of a longitudial axis from a front end to a rear end and having a contact therein, said housing being structured and arranged for connection to a mating connector in a mating mode; a rear cover for covering said rear end of said housing; a see-saw latch element attached to said housing and extending in said direction from a first end to a second end, said latch element being structured and arranged for engagement with a mating latch element of said mating connector in said mating mode; a slider slidably mounted relative to said latch element and said housing from said rear end for sliding in said direction towards said front end, said slider comprising a body portion and a cantilevered beam extending in said direction from said body portion towards said font end to a distal end segment, said distal end segment being structured and arranged (a) for abutment with a first segment of said latch element to prevent movement of said slider in said first direction towards said front end; (b) for being pivoted away from said axis by said mating latch element, as said mating latch element engages said latch element in said mating mode, to permit sliding of said slider towards said front end; and (c) then residing towards said axis adjacent a second segment of said latch element such that said beam prevents disengagement of said latch element from said mating latch element of said second housing, said body portion further comprising a first hood, said first hood comprising a window aligned with said distal end segment and structured and arranged for receiving said distal end segment therein when said distal end segment is pivoted away from said axis.