Patent ID: 6280226
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector having a connector housing and a locking arm formed integrally with an outer surface of said connector housing,said locking arm including a base part erected from said outer surface of said connector housing; an arm part cantilevered from said base part and extending almost parallel with said outer surface of said connector housing; and a flexure space provided between said outer surface of said connector housing and an inner surface of said arm part, said flexure space enabling said arm part to flex elastically when said connector and a mating connector are locked to each other,wherein the base part has a narrow portion adjacent said outer surface of said connector housing and a wide portion spaced from said outer surface of said connector housing, the wide portion and the narrow portion of the base part each defining widths measured transverse to the arm part, said width of said narrow portion being less than said width of said wide portion, said arm part defining a width adjacent said base part equal to said width of said wide portion of said base part, a thickness of said base part measured parallel to said arm part is set larger than a thickness of said arm part measured perpendicular to said outer surface of said connector housing.