SELF-REJECTING CONNECTOR

摘要

A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle includes a housing including tripping structures, electrically conductive terminals partly situated in the housing, latches arranged in the housing, and a slider slidingly coupled to the housing, and further includes blocking structures and trippable structures extending in a mating direction and that cooperate with the tripping structures, and a spring that urges the slider outward away from the housing in the mating direction. The tripping structures are situated to engage with the trippable structures during an initial stage of relative movement between the housing and slider against the spring bias while inward deflection of the latches is allowed. The blocking structures of the slider prevent inward deflection of the latches after a final stage of the relative movement between the housing and slider, and the connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage.

主权项

1. A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle, the connector comprising:
a housing including at least one tripping structure; at least one electrically conductive terminal at least partly situated in said housing and defining a mating axis and a mating direction; at least one latch arranged in said housing; a slider slidingly coupled to said housing and including at least one trippable structure extending in the mating direction and that cooperates with said at least one tripping structure of said housing; and a compressive member arranged to urge said slider outward away from said housing in the mating direction, and wherein said at least one tripping structure of said housing is situated to engage with a respective one of said at least one trippable structure of said slider during an initial stage of relative movement between said housing and said slider against a bias of said compressive member while inward deflection of said at least one latch is allowed, and wherein said at least one trippable beam of said slider is configured to prevent inward deflection of said at least one latch after a final stage of the relative movement between said housing and said slider, and the connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage.