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US 2003/0199185 A1Published application
Connector provided with a wire cover and a connector assembly
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsMasayasu Fujii, Hitoshi Okumura
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Abstract
A connector has first and second housings (10, 20) and a wire cover (30) is mounted to cover the upper surface of the second housing (20). A lever (40) is supported rotatably on the second housing (20) and has cam grooves that engage follower pins (15) on the first housing (10). The two housings (10, 20) are connected by rotating the lever (40) to an end position. During this time, arms (41) of the lever (40) constantly press parts of the wire cover (30) to prevent the wire cover (30) from widening sufficiently to disengage the wire cover (30) from the female housing (20).
Claims10
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (20) connectable with a mating housing (10), the mating housing (10) having a cam follower (15);
- an operable member (40) mountable on the housing (20) and having a cam surface (44) configured for interacting with the cam follower (15) on the mating housing (10), the housing (20) being connectable with and separatable from the mating housing (10) by a cam action of the cam surface (44) and the follower (15) as the operable member (40) is operated;
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- a wire cover (30) mountable on the housing (20) by at least one resilient lock (25;
- 34) for at least partly covering wires (W) drawn from the housing (20), the lock (25;
- 34) being covered by the operable member (40) through an entire movable range of the operable member (40).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.