Lever-type connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorTomoaki Yasuda
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Abstract
A lever (24) mounted on a male housing (10) is formed with a connecting cam surface (29) capable of pressing a cam pin (41) of a female housing (40) while being kept out of contact with cam projections (23) in the process of rotating the lever (24) from an initial position to a connection position, and the lever (24) is formed with an escaping space (31). In the process of rotating the lever (24) from the initial position to the connection position in a state where the male housing (10) and the female housing (40) are separated and the moving plate (18) is at a protecting position, the cam projections (23) of the moving plate (18) are accommodated into the escaping space (31) while being kept out of contact with the connecting cam surface (29).
Claims10
A lever-type connector, comprising:
- a male housing including a tubular receptacle projecting toward a front surface;
- male terminal fittings mounted in the male housing and including tabs surrounded by the receptacle;
- a moving plate accommodated in the receptacle and movable between a protecting position where tips of the tabs are positioned through the moving plate and a retracted position backward of the protecting position;
- a cam projection formed on the moving plate;
- a lever mounted on the male housing and rotatable between an initial position and a connection position;
- a female housing that is fittable into the receptacle and that includes a cam pin;
- a connecting cam surface formed in the lever and capable of pressing the cam pin in a connecting direction while being kept out of contact with the cam projection in the process of rotating the lever from the initial position to the connection position;
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- an escaping space formed in the lever;
- the cam projection being accommodated into the escaping space while being kept out of contact with the connecting cam surface when rotating the lever from the initial position to the connection position in a state where the male housing and the female housing are separated and the moving plate is at the protecting position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.