Patent ID: 6733312
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a housing connectable with a mating housing, a movable member formed with a cam groove and movably mountable on the housing for movement between a shelter position, an initial position and an end position, the movable member defining projecting distances from the housing in each of said positions, the projecting distance of the movable member from the housing in the shelter position being less than the projecting distance of the movable member from the housing in the initial position, the housing and the mating housing being connected with and separated from each other by displacing a cam pin on the mating housing along the cam groove as the movable member is moved between the initial position and the end position, a first position holding means on the housing for selectively and releasably holding the movable member at either of the shelter and initial positions, end position holding means on the mating housing for holding the movable member at the end position.