Connector assembly for fitting a first connector and a second connector upon rotation of a lever member
AssigneeJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
InventorAkira Kimura
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Abstract
A connector assembly includes a first connector having a first insulator and a first contact, a second connector having a second insulator and a second contact and fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction, a lever member rotatably held by one of the first insulator and the second insulator, a push member used to press the first contact and the second contact against each other, a first cam mechanism moving the first insulator and the second insulator relatively along the fitting direction in conjunction with rotation of the lever member, and a second cam mechanism moving the push member in conjunction with rotation of the lever member.
Claims20
A connector assembly comprising:
- a first connector including a first insulator and a first contact held by the first insulator;
- a second connector including a second insulator and a second contact held by the second insulator, the second connector being fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction;
- a lever member rotatably held by one of the first insulator and the second insulator;
- a push member held to be movable with respect to the first insulator and including a pushing surface used to press the first contact and the second contact against each other;
- a first cam mechanism moving the first insulator and the second insulator relatively along the fitting direction in conjunction with rotation of the lever member;
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- a second cam mechanism moving the push member in conjunction with rotation of the lever member,
- wherein in a state where the second insulator is situated at a fitting start position with respect to the first insulator, when the lever member is rotated from an initial rotational position to a first rotational position, the second insulator is moved to a fitting position along the fitting direction by the first cam mechanism, and when the lever member is further rotated from the first rotational position to a second rotational position, the push member is moved with respect to the first insulator by the second cam mechanism such that the first contact and the second contact come into contact with each other at a predetermined contact pressure by the pushing surface of the push member with the second insulator being kept at the fitting position.
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