Patent ID: 6083058
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A double-lock connector comprising a housing (20) having contact cavities (30) for receiving electrical contacts (100) therein, a double-lock member (50) mounted on the housing (20) for locking the electrical contacts (100) in the contact cavities (30), characterized in thatthe double-lock member (50) has an elongated arm (51a, 51b) slidable along an outer surface of the housing (20) from a temporary-latched position to a fully-latched position,locking members (60) on an inside surface of the double-lock member at spaced intervals therealong and having first portions (61) permitting insertion of the electrical contacts (100) in the contact cavities (30) when the double-lock member (50) is in the temporary-latched position and second portions (62) locking the electrical contacts (100) in the contact cavities (30) when the double-lock member (50) is in the fully-latched position, andsecuring members (28, 62) on the housing (20) and the locking members (60) securing the double-lock member (50) on the housing (20) when the double-lock member (50) is moved to the fully-latched position.