Patent ID: 7367833
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a first connector part having a first housing fitted with a contact pin; a second connector part having a second housing fitted with another contact pin that contacts and connects with said contact pin; and a rotating ring that is fitted to said first housing so as to be freely rotatable and that has a locking mechanism that locks the coupling of said first and second connector parts; said rotating ring's rotation being inhibited by an anti-rotation mechanism provided between said rotating ring and said first housing, said rotating ring being latched into said first housing by said anti-rotation mechanism prior to the coupling of said first and second connector parts, and when said first and second connector parts are mated and coupled, the rotation inhibition for said rotating ring is terminated by the second connector part being pushed into the first connector part, so that said rotating ring is allowed to rotate, and the coupling of said first and second connector parts is locked via said locking mechanism.