Patent ID: 7297020
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A cable connector comprising: a cable accommodating section for accommodating one end of a cable, said cable accommodating section having at least one contact terminal to be electrically connected to a terminal section of said cable and a positioning portion for positioning said cable terminal section relative to said contact terminal, said cable accommodating section communicating with an opening for allowing one end of said cable to contact said positioning portion; and an actuator member disposed in said cable accommodating section, said actuator member being rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, said actuator member having a pressing portion comprising a pressing surface for pressing an electrode section of said cable terminal section against a movable contact part of said contact terminal, wherein said contact terminal comprises a fixed portion positioned opposite of said movable contact part, said fixed portion engages said pressing portion of said actuator member as said actuator member rotates between said locked position and said unlocked position, said contact terminal further comprises a flat portion positioned to contact a flat surface of said pressing portion of said actuator member when said actuator member occupies said unlocked position, a concave portion adjacent to said flat portion, said concave portion being positioned to contact said pressing portion when said actuator member occupies said locked position and a position between said locked position and said unlocked position, and an angled portion adiacent to said concave portion, said angled portion being positioned to contact said pressing portion when said actuator member occupies said unlocked position, and when said actuator member occupies said locked position and when said cable terminal section is inserted into said cable accommodating section and said one end of said cable is contacting said positioning portion, a first distance between said positioning portion and a location where said pressing surface contacts said cable terminal section is less than a second distance between said positioning portion and a location where said movable contact part contacts said cable terminal section.