Patent ID: 7094090
Filing Date: 2006-08-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a base defining a plurality of through holes therein for receiving a plurality of contacts; a cover movably mounted on the base, and defining a plurality of passages therethrough in alignment with the through holes of the base; a protecting mechanism in the cover comprising a hole therethrough and two stop members formed on an inner surface of the hole; and an actuator actuating the cover to slide on the base and rotatably assembled with the base and the protecting mechanism, the actuator having a protrusion thereon abuttable against one of the stop members, the actuator being separated from the cover by the protecting mechanism; wherein the actuator comprises an upper portion and a cam block, an axis of the cam block being parallel to but offset from an axis of the upper portion, the upper portion comprises an upper disk and a lower disk under the upper disk, the hole of the protecting mechanism is divided into a receiving hole and an actuation hole, and the base comprises an aperture extending therethrough, the upper disk, the lower disk, the cam block are respectively received in the receiving hole, the actuation hole, and the aperture.