US 2007/0167046 A1Published application

Lever fitting type connector

AssigneeYazaki Corporation

InventorsYoshinori Shigeta, Hiroaki Yamagishi

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Abstract

A lever fitting type connector includes a male connector having a male hood, a female connector having a connector main body fitted into the male hood and having a female hood which covers the male hood, and a lever which is rotatably provided inside of the female hood, and which fits or separates the male connector into or from the female connector. The lever includes a lateral plate which is rotatably engaged with a boss projecting from an inner surface of the female hood. The lateral plate is provided with a drive part far from the fulcrum of the lever in a thickness range of the lateral plate. An outer surface of the male hood is provided with an engagement projection. When the connectors are fitted to each other, these engagement projections engage the drive part of the lever to transmit a fitting force and a separating force generated by turn of the lever to the male connector.

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Dependent claims

A lever fitting type connector comprising:

a first connector including:
a first hood,
an engaging unit formed on an outer surface of the first hood;
a second connector fitted to the first connector, the second connector including:
a connector main body fitted into the first hood,
a second hood covering the first hood and provided with a boss projecting from an inner surface of the second hood,
a lever with a lateral plate rotatably provided inside the second hood, the lateral plate formed in parallel to a turning direction of the lever and engaged with the boss,
a drive part formed in the lateral plate within a thickness range thereof at a position away from a fulcrum of the lever;
wherein the lever turns in a plane parallel to a fitting direction of the connector to fit or to separate the first connector into or from the second connector,
wherein the engaging unit transmits a fitting or a separating force generated by turn of the lever from the drive part to the first connector to fit or to separate the first connector into or from the second connector.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.