Patent ID: 7048570
Filing Date: 2006-05-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A lockable electric connector adapted to be fitted and electrically connected to a socket provided on an outer face thereof with a rib extending in a socket insertion direction, comprising: a contact in a form of a pin having a first pin portion and a second pin portion; a housing having a fitting concave for receiving the socket, the housing formed to surround and contact the first pin portion in a manner to hold the contact in a stationary state in the housing with the second pin portion projecting into the fitting concave; and a locking claw projecting from the housing toward an upstream side in the socket insertion direction for holding the socket in the fitting concave in a fixed state, the locking claw having an engaging projection operative to be locked and engaged with an engaging portion of the socket, the engaging projection formed at a position upstream with respect to the fitting concave in the socket insertion direction, the engaging projection having a guide groove for guiding the rib of the socket, the guide groove extending in the socket insertion direction.