Patent ID: 6354862
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for connecting a first support plate having at least one male contact element and a second support plate having at least one female contact element and movable in a first direction relative to said second support plate between a lock position where said male contact element is brought into contact with said female contact element and a release position where said male contact element is disengaged from said female contact element, comprising:an intermediate plate provided between said first and second support plates and has at least one aperture through which said male contact element passes; a bearing hole provided in either said intermediate plate or said second support plate; an elongated hole provided in the other of said intermediate plate and said second support plate and extending in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction; a driving shaft having a shaft section in sliding relation to said bearing hole and a driving section situated in said elongated hole and having a small-diameter portion, a large-diameter portion having a constant diameter, and a pair of transitional portion between them to smoothly connect said small- and large-diameter portions; said elongated hole having a minor diameter substantially equal to a sum of radii of said small- and large-diameter portions and a major diameter greater than said minor diameter so that when said driving shaft is rotated, said large-diameter or transitional portion engages a major side of said elongated hole to bring said first plate to said lock position or disengages said major side to bring said first plate to said release position.