Patent ID: 9172190
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector to be detachably fitted with a connecting object, said connector including: a plurality of contacts each having a contact portion adapted to contact said connecting object, a housing arranging and holding therein said contacts and having a fitting opening into which said connecting object is inserted, and a pivoting member rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation on said housing, wherein said pivoting member has first and second longitudinal ends and extends in a first direction which is essentially parallel to said axis of rotation, and which is essentially parallel to the connecting object when the connecting object is contacted by the contact portions and fitted to the connector, wherein said pivoting member has a length, in said first direction, from said first longitudinal end to said second longitudinal end, wherein said pivoting member has a ridge that extends in the first direction, and wherein an auxiliary member is mounted on said pivoting member at a predetermined position, said auxiliary member having engaging means for engaging said pivoting member, and wherein the auxiliary member extends in said first direction and has first and second longitudinal ends, and wherein said auxiliary member has a length, in said first direction, from said first longitudinal end of said auxiliary member to said second longitudinal end of said auxiliary member, and wherein said length of said auxiliary member in said first direction is less than said length of the pivoting member in said first direction; wherein said engaging means comprises an engaging portion provided on said auxiliary member and an anchoring portion provided on said pivoting member; and wherein said anchoring portion comprises a recessed portion formed in said pivoting member, and said engaging portion comprises a protrusion formed in said auxiliary member and adapted to be fitted in said recessed portion of said pivoting member and a groove portion formed in said auxiliary member and adapted to receive the ridge of said pivoting member.