Patent ID: 6508669
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A socket-and-plug assembly, comprising:an insulator socket member including a cylindrical body that defines an axial direction and that has front and rear ends, said socket member further including a mating flange that extends outwardly from said rear end of said cylindrical body in a radial direction relative to said axial direction, said cylindrical body being formed with a looped recess that extends frontwardly from said rear end in said axial direction, and a core that is surrounded by said looped recess and that is formed with a plurality of spaced apart terminal passages which extend from said rear end in said axial direction, said mating flange defining a mating opening that is in spatial communication with said terminal passages, and having a top end that confines a top side of said mating opening, said top end of said mating flange having front and rear sides, and being formed with a bottom recess that extends from said front side to said rear side in said axial direction and that is in spatial communication with said mating opening; an insulator latch member including a hollow body that extends in said axial direction and that confines a plug receiving space, said hollow body having a top wall confining a top side of said plug receiving space, an inserting end section which is received fittingly in said looped recess, and a fastening end section which is opposite to said inserting end section, said latch member being formed with a latch receiving opening in said top wall between said inserting end section and said fastening end section, said latch receiving opening being defined by a peripheral wall that has a rear end adjacent to said fastening end section, said latch member further including a resilient latch arm that extends frontwardly from said rear end of said peripheral wall in said radial direction into said latch receiving opening and that has a hooking free end which is opposite to said rear end of said peripheral wall, which extends through said bottom recess in said top end of said mating flange, and which releasably engages said front side of said top end of said mating flange, said latch arm being resiliently pressable so as to permit disengagement of said hooking free end from said front side of said top end of said mating flange and so as to permit disassembly of said latch member and said socket member; and a plug member including an insulator plug housing and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in and projecting outwardly from said plug housing in said radial direction, said plug member being insertable into said socket member in a manner such that said plug housing is received in said plug receiving space and that said terminals are respectively and fittingly received in said terminal passages.