Patent ID: 6099339
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector plug (10) comprising a fiting portion and a finger grip portion, said connector plug being adapted for electrically connecting a mating connector socket (20), mounted on a printed wiring board of an electronic equipment, to another electronic equipment through an electric cable (30), wherein when said connector plug (10) is fitted in said connector socket (20), this fitted condition is locked by a lock mechanism, said lock mechanism of said connector plug including:at least one retractable lock pawl (12) provided at a face side of the fitting portion (11) of a generally rectangular parallelepiped shape, andat least one lock release button (14) provided at a side surface of the finger grip portion (13), said finger grip portion side surface being generally perpendicular to said fitting portion face side, wherein the lock release button and the lock pawl move in directions perpendicular to each other.