ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 27 -- United States Patent no. 8,100,709, issued on Jan. 24, was assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. Ltd. (New Taipei, Taiwan).
"Electrical Connector Having Improved Latching Members" was invented by Xiao-Kang Zhang (Kunshan, China).
According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrical connector (100) for mating with a mating connector (700) along a mating direction includes an insulative housing (1) defining a passageway and a pair of latching members (2) inserted in the passageway. Each latching member has a resisting portion (21) and a latching portion (22) extending forwardly from the resisting portion and deformable from a first position to a second position for latching with the mating connector. The resisting portion includes an upper section (211) and a lower section formed at opposite sides of the latching portion and respectively abutting against the insulative housing along the mating direction when the latching portion is located in the second position."
The patent was filed on May 11, 2010, under Application No. 12/777,281.
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