Patent ID: 7371102
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector lock structure provided at a pair of female and male connectors which can be fitted together, comprising: an engagement portion, having a guide lock plate and a partition wall connected to the guide lock plate by an incline surface, formed on one of said female and male connectors; and a slide lock member supported on the other of said female and male connectors so as to move at least in connector-inserting and connector-withdrawing directions, a retaining portion, provided with said slide lock member, engagement with said engagement portion; and an urging member provided on said slide lock member for urging said slide lock member forwardly, wherein when said engagement portion reaches an engagement position where said partition wall of said engagement portion is engaged with said retaining portion at the time when said female and male connectors are completely fitted together, said slide lock member is thereafter automatically moved by said urging member, so that said retaining portion is engaged with said guide lock plate of said engagement portion.