US 12,451,653 B2
Pull strap connector and assembly thereof with improved locking features
Rongzhe Guo, Dongguan (CN); Yiheng Lin, Dongguan (CN); Hongji Chen, Dongguan (CN); and Yang Xu, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed by LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC., Milpitas, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/958,829.
Claims priority of application No. 202122460467.2 (CN), filed on Oct. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112949 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/633 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6335 (2013.01) [H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pull strap connector, comprising:
an insulating housing comprising a main body and a tongue plate protruding from the main body along a mating direction, the main body comprising a first end wall and a second end wall, the first end wall and the second end wall being oppositely-positioned;
a plurality of conductive terminals, each conductive terminal comprising a mating portion exposed to the tongue plate;
a movable component at least partially installed on the main body, the movable component comprising a base, a first locking protrusion protruding forward from the base, an ejector rod extending backward from the base, and a second locking protrusion protruding forward from a rear end of the ejector rod, the first locking protrusion being exposed out of the first end wall, the rear end of the ejector rod being exposed out of the second end wall, the first locking protrusion and the second locking protrusion being adapted for engaging with locking holes of a mating connector;
an elastic member abutting against the movable component; and
a pull strap connected with the movable component; wherein,
the pull strap is configured to drive the movable component to overcome the force of the elastic member, so that the movable component moves along a front-back direction.