Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
246 words
An electrical connector having a mount, said connector including a connector body secured to a circuit board of an electrical appliance and having a housing comprising an outer casing, said housing having a mating connector socket positioned in and spaced from a connector opening formed in a panel plate of said electrical appliance, said mount comprising a clamp holder made of a resin and having a fitting portion fitted on the outer circumference of said housing of the connector body secured to the circuit board, said fitting portion adapted to be fixed to said panel plate in the state of said fitting portion being fitted on said outer circumference of said housing of the connector body so that said clamp holder made of the resin, said housing of the connector body and said panel plate are integrally fixed to one another, wherein said clamp holder is mounted on said housing of the connector body by lowering the clamp holder from above onto said housing of the connector body, sliding gateposts of said clamp holder along side surfaces of said housing to bring them into abutment thereagainst and to urge a ceiling portion of the clamp holder against an upper surface of said housing, inserting male fastening means from outside of the panel plate through fixing apertures of said panel plate into anchoring apertures of said clamp holder and screwing said male fastening means into female fastening means received in receiving cavities formed in the clamp holder.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
246 words
An electrical connector having a mount, said connector including a connector body secured to a circuit board of an electrical appliance and having a housing comprising an outer casing, said housing having a mating connector socket positioned in and spaced from a connector opening formed in a panel plate of said electrical appliance, said mount comprising a clamp holder made of a resin and having a fitting portion fitted on the outer circumference of said housing of the connector body secured to the circuit board, said fitting portion adapted to be fixed to said panel plate in the state of said fitting portion being fitted on said outer circumference of said housing of the connector body so that said clamp holder made of the resin, said housing of the connector body and said panel plate are integrally fixed to one another, wherein said clamp holder is mounted on said housing of the connector body by lowering the clamp holder from above onto said housing of the connector body, sliding gateposts of said clamp holder along side surfaces of said housing to bring them into abutment thereagainst and to urge a ceiling portion of the clamp holder against an upper surface of said housing, inserting male fastening means from outside of the panel plate through fixing apertures of said panel plate into anchoring apertures of said clamp holder and screwing said male fastening means into female fastening means received in receiving cavities formed in the clamp holder.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
79 words
The mount of the electrical connector as set forth in claim 1, wherein said housing of the connector body and said panel plate of the electrical appliance are made of metallic or conductive materials, said clamp holder being fixed to said panel plate so that said clamp holder, said housing of the connector body and said panel plate are integrally fixed to one another, while insulation between said housing of the connector body and said panel plate is achieved.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
50 words
The mount of the electrical connector as set forth in claim 1, wherein said fitting portion of the clamp holder is provided along the periphery thereof in a front side thereof with a slightly protruding rib to be fitted on the inside of said connector opening of the panel plate.