Patent ID: 8109774
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: G06K,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector for connecting a connection object having a locked portion, the connector comprising: at least one contact for being in contact with the connection object; an ejecting mechanism which is movable relative to the at least one contact in a predetermined direction between a connecting position, wherein the at least one contact is in contact with the connection object, and an ejecting position, wherein the at least one contact is not in contact with the connection object, the ejecting mechanism being moved together with the connection object; a first engaging member which is held by the ejecting mechanism and rotatable in a rotating direction, the first engaging member having a cam surface and comprising a locking portion to be engaged with the locked portion in the predetermined direction when the first engaging member is located at a predetermined angular position in the rotating direction; a second engaging member having a flanged portion at an end to be engaged perpendicularly with the first engaging member at the cam surface; and a compression spring which is coupled to an outer surface of the ejecting mechanism and elastically applies a load to the cam surface in the predetermined direction, wherein the load urges the ejecting mechanism towards the ejecting position, and wherein the cam surface is formed to make the first engaging member be urged in the rotating direction towards the predetermined angular position by the load.