Patent ID: 8371880
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector that connects a signal transmission medium electrically to a circuit board, comprising: board connection leg portions soldered to the circuit board; a connector main body portion mounted so as to rise from a surface of the circuit board via the board connection leg portions; an insertion opening portion provided in a rising end portion of the connector main body portion; and a locking portion that is engaged with a portion of the signal transmission medium inserted into the connector main body portion from the insertion opening portion to hold an inserted state of the signal transmission medium, wherein the locking portion is provided on a portion of an elastically-displaceable locking arm member formed so as to be integral with the board connection leg portion, the locking arm member is formed of a swinging member extending in a cantilever shape from the board connection leg portion toward the insertion opening portion, and the locking portion is disposed at a distal end portion of the locking arm member positioned on a swinging side thereof Wherein the connector main body portion is provided with an unlocking portion that releases the locking portion from the signal transmission medium, the unlocking portion is provided on a portion of an unlocking arm member formed of a swinging member extending in a cantilever shape so as to be elastically displaceable, and the unlocking portion is disposed so as to abut on or separate from a distal portion of a swinging portion of the locking arm, which is positioned near the locking portion.