Patent ID: 7553179
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector system which includes first and second connectors that are moveable together along an axis to mate, the first connector having a pair of pivoting latches and the second connector having a pair of strikes that are engageable by the latches, the latches being pivotable from a release position wherein the connectors can move apart to a latching position wherein the connectors are held together until the latches are pivoted back to the release position, including: a retainer that has blocking parts and that is slideable rearward and forward on said first connector, in directions parallel to said axis, between respective unblock and block positions, that respectively allow and prevent pivoting of the latches toward the release position; said first connector has a housing with a pair of pins that project in radial directions that are radial to said axis, and said retainer has a pair of locking arms that are each slideably engaged with one of said pins as said retainer slides between said unblock and block positions, said locking arms having locking arm parts that are only in directions perpendicular to said radial directions between said unblock and block positions.