Patent ID: 7318748
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector for mounting to a panel having opposite front and rear surfaces and a mount hole extending through the panel from the front surface to the rear surface, the connector comprising: a housing having opposite front and rear ends, a receptacle formed at the front end and defined by a plurality of walls, at least one resilient deforming piece having a base end unitary with one of said walls and a free end rearward of the base end and being resiliently deformable substantially along a thickness direction of the wall, at least one locking claw projecting out from the resilient deforming piece substantially in the thickness direction and in proximity to the free end for engaging the front surface of the panel substantially adjacent the mount hole when the front end of the housing is inserted through the mount hole from the rear surface to the front surface of the panel, at least one inclined wall extending out from the resilient deforming piece in the thickness direction from the locking claw towards the base end and being dimensioned for generating deflection of the resilient deforming piece as the front end of the housing is inserted through the mount hole, the inclined wall having a concave arcuate surface aligned obliquely forward and outwardly in the thickness direction for reducing insertion resistance as the front end of the housing is inserted through the mount hole; wherein the resilient deforming piece is formed by at least one slit formed in the wall of the receptacle; and wherein the resilient deforming piece is disposed for deforming into the receptacle when the housing is being inserted into the mount hole, and resiliently returns to a substantially undeformed condition substantially coplanar with the wall of the receptacle when the housing is mounted properly on the panel.