Connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9548560-B2
Application number	US-201514687968-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2015
Priority date	Oct 19, 2012
Publication date	Jan 17, 2017
Grant date	Jan 17, 2017

Abstract

A plug engagement pin provided on each side of the plug connector is inserted into an engagement section of a hook and locked there when the shaft is rotated. The hook is fixed to a rotatable shaft provided for the receptacle connector and includes a projection. If the plug connector is inserted in a slanted state, the projection of the hook prevents the pin from being rotated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector comprising:
a plug connector including a housing, a plurality of contacts in the housing and at least one engagement pin provided on each side of the plug connector; and
the plug connector fitted into a receptacle connector, the receptacle including a housing, a plurality of contacts corresponding to the plurality of contacts in the plug connector; a rotatable shaft fitted in the housing; a least one hook fixed to the shaft, wherein the hook includes an engagement section corresponding to the engagement pin, wherein the engagement section is configured to lock onto the engagement pin when the plug connector is inserted into the receptacle connector and the shaft is rotated; and a projection extending outward from a side of the hook and in opposed direction with the hook, wherein if the plug connector is not fitted into the receptacle connector in a state that the plug connector is parallel to the receptacle connector such that the engagement section cannot properly engage the engagement pin and the projection strikes against the engagement pin, the projection preventing the hook and the shaft from being rotated further.

2. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the receptacle connector comprises two shafts which are parallel to each other and each of which comprises at least one hook at each end, the two shafts being interlocked and rotated by a gear provided on the shaft.

3. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the projection is provided on the at least one of the hooks at ends of each shaft.

4. The connector according to claim 1 , wherein the engagement section is a recess formed in the at least one hook.

5. The connector according to claim 2 , wherein the engagement section is a recess formed in the at least one hook.

6. The connector according to claim 3 , wherein the engagement section is a recess formed in the at least one hook.

7. The according to claim 1 , wherein the connector is a multicore connector of ZIF structure.

8. The according to claim 2 , wherein the connector is a multicore connector of ZIF structure.

9. The according to claim 3 , wherein the connector is a multicore connector of ZIF structure.

Assignees

• Itt Mfg Entpr Llc
• Itt Cannon Ltd

Inventors

• Ikenaka Kazuo
• Suzuki Ryuichi

Classifications

• H01R13/6295 Primary

  Pivoting lever comprising means indicating incorrect coupling of mating connectors · CPC title

• H01R13/62938

  Pivoting lever comprising own camming means · CPC title

• H01R12/88

  acting manually by rotating or pivoting connector housing parts · CPC title

• H01R13/629 Primary

  Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure {electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances (separate tools or apparatus H01R43/26)} · CPC title

• H01R13/193

  Means for increasing contact pressure at the end of engagement of coupling part {, e.g. zero insertion force or no friction} · CPC title