Patent ID: 8226423

Claim:
An electric connector, comprising: a connector body comprising a body shell, said body shell having opposing front side and rear side, a cover shell covered on and formed integral with said body shell, a plurality of electric contact means mounted in the front side of said body shell and at least one tubular post embedded in the rear side of said body shell, each said tubular post comprising a peripheral wall having a distal end exposed out of said cover shell, a longitudinal sliding hole surrounded by said peripheral wall, a plurality of stop portions equiangularly spaced within the distal end of said peripheral wall and a displacement space in between said peripheral wall of said stop portions; and a deplugging assistant device fastened to said body shell of said connector body to assist deplugging of said connector body from a mating electric connector, said deplugging assistant device comprising a finger plate and at least one shank perpendicularly extended from one side of said finger plate and respectively and axially slidably coupled to the longitudinal sliding hole of each of said at least one tubular post of said connector body and movable relative to said at least one tubular post between an extended position and a received position, each said shank comprising an end block disposed at a distal end thereof and movable with the respective shank in the longitudinal sliding hole of one said tubular post of said connector body and a stop edge defined between said end block and the periphery of the respective shank and stoppable against the stop portions of the associating tubular post when each said shank is moved relative to the associating tubular post to said extended position.