Patent attributes
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts, a plurality of wires and a locking mechanism. The insulative housing has a first side and a second side. The locking mechanism comprises a rotating member and a fastener, the rotating member has a pair of opposite rotary arms rotatably connected to the insulative housing and an holding arm, and the fastener is arranged on an inner side of the holding arm, the rotating member has a first status and a second status which can be switched by rotation, while the rotating member in the first status, the electrical connector and the complementary connector can be freely plugged in or separated from each other, and while the rotating member being rotated to near or in the second status, the fastener rotates or shifts to achieve a locking of the electrical connector and the complementary connector.