Lever-type connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorYuki Ohashi
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Abstract
A lever-type connector according to one aspect of the present disclosure is provided with a housing including an opening and a lever. The housing includes a pair of side walls and a pair of coupling walls. The lever includes a pair of arm portions and an operating portion. The lever attaches and detaches the housing to and from a mating connector as being rotated between a first position where the lever is upright with respect to an axis of the housing and a second position where the lever is inclined away from the opening. The housing and the lever include first restricting portions for restricting rotation of the lever from the first position toward the opening by interfering with each other. The first restricting portions include the coupling wall facing the operating portion with the lever located at the first position.
Claims9
A lever-type connector, comprising:
- a tubular housing including an opening, a part of a mating connector being inserted into the opening;
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- a lever to be rotatably supported on the housing,
- the housing including a pair of side walls facing each other and a pair of coupling walls coupling the side walls and facing each other,
- the pair of side walls and the pair of coupling walls constituting the opening,
- the lever including a pair of arm portions configured to respectively cover the pair of side walls from outside and to be supported rotatably with respect to the side walls and an operating portion coupling the arm portions, the lever attaching and detaching the housing to and from the mating connector as being rotated between a first position where the lever is upright with respect to an axis of the housing and a second position where the lever is inclined away from the opening,
- the housing and the lever including first restricting portions for restricting rotation of the lever from the first position toward the opening by interfering with each other, and
- the first restricting portions including the coupling wall facing the operating portion with the lever located at the first position,
- wherein the side wall includes a cut portion for allowing a guiding shaft portion projecting from a housing of the mating connector to escape,
- the housing and the lever include second restricting portions for restricting rotation of the lever from the first position toward the second position by being engaged with each other, and
- the second restricting portions are constituted by the cut portion and an engaging protrusion provided on the inner surface of the arm portion and to be engaged with the cut portion with the lever located at the first position, and
- the side wall includes an escaping recess for allowing the engaging protrusion to escape with the lever located at the second position.
A lever-type connector, comprising:
- a tubular housing including an opening, a part of a mating connector being inserted into the opening;
- a lever to be rotatably supported on the housing;
- a plurality of terminals provided inside the housing;
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- a shield member in the form of a metal tube provided inside the housing, the shield member covering outer peripheries of the plurality of terminals,
- the housing including a pair of side walls facing each other and a pair of coupling walls coupling the side walls and facing each other,
- the pair of side walls and the pair of coupling walls constituting the opening,
- the lever including a pair of arm portions configured to respectively cover the pair of side walls from outside and to be supported rotatably with respect to the side walls and an operating portion coupling the arm portions, the lever attaching and detaching the housing to and from the mating connector as being rotated between a first position where the lever is upright with respect to an axis of the housing and a second position where the lever is inclined away from the opening,
- the housing and the lever including restricting portions for restricting rotation of the lever from the first position toward the opening by interfering with each other, and
- the restricting portions including the coupling wall facing the operating portion with the lever located at the first position,
- wherein the arm portion includes a guiding groove in an inner surface thereof, the guiding groove being engaged with a guiding shaft portion projecting from a housing of the mating connector and guiding a relative movement of the guiding shaft portion when the lever rotates between the first and second positions,
- the side wall includes a cut portion for allowing the guiding shaft portion to escape,
- a gap for allowing insertion of a housing of the mating connector is provided between the housing and the shield member, and
- the shield member and the cut portion overlap in a facing direction of the side walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.