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A cooperating primary and secondary lock means used in combination with a pair of matable electrical connector bodies both assures that the connector bodies have reached the fully mated position, and double locks them together. Keeper projections on a cantilevered primary locking arm of the first co

A cooperating primary and secondary lock means used in combination with a pair of matable electrical connector bodies both assures that the connector bodies have reached the fully mated position, and double locks them together. Keeper projections on a cantilevered primary locking arm of the first connector body are engaged by the camming end of a rotatable secondary locking arm on the second connector body. This pulls the connector bodies together, if they were not fully mated, and as the camming end snaps beneath the keeper projections, full mating is indicated. The secondary locking arm thereby also captures the primary locking arm to provide a double lock.

대표청구항 ▼

In combination with first and second electrical connector bodies that are movable together from a separated to a fully mated position, a cooperating primary and secondary lock means to assure that the connector bodies reach the fully mated position and to provide double locking between the connector

In combination with first and second electrical connector bodies that are movable together from a separated to a fully mated position, a cooperating primary and secondary lock means to assure that the connector bodies reach the fully mated position and to provide double locking between the connector bodies, comprising, a cantilevered primary locking arm on the first connector body extending from a base, said base further including a keeper projection extending in the opposite direction to said locking arm, a latching member on the second connector body with which said primary locking arm engages as said connector bodies are moved to the fully mated position, thereby providing a primary lock between said fully mated connector bodies, said arm remaining only partially engaged with said latching member when said connector bodies are only partially mated, and, a secondary locking arm on the second connector body extending from a pivot to a forward camming end, said secondary locking arm being being rotatable about said pivot by pushing said camming end toward said second connector body, thereby engaging said camming end and said keeper projection to move said first connector body toward said second connector body, when said connector bodies are only partially mated, and thereby assure that said primary locking arm becomes fully engaged with said latching member, whereupon said camming end snaps beneath said keeper projection to indicate that said connector bodies have reached the fully mated position, said camming end also serving to capture said primary locking arm base, whereby a double lock between said connector bodies is cooperatively provided.