US 2007/0184692 A1Published application

Connector structure

AssigneeYazaki Corporation

InventorsKazuto Ohtaka, Takashi Kojima, Toshiharu Takahashi

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Abstract

A lever is rotatably mounted on an inner housing of a female connector and assists a fitting operation through engagement of an engagement portion of a locking arm of the female connector with an engagement projection of a male connector and a fitting canceling operation in association with rotation thereof. An opening in the lever allows the tip of a finger of an operator to be brought into contact with an operation access portion of the locking arm so as to press the operation access portion, and a lever locking canceling finger catch portion of the lever is located in a position and formed into a shape which allow the finger of the operator to be hooked thereon such that the tip of the finger is in contact with the operation access portion of the locking arm.

Claims3

Dependent claims

A connector structure comprising:

a first connector including a locking arm having an engagement portion;
and
a second connector including an engagement projection,
wherein housings of the first and second connectors are fitted together through engagement of the engagement portion with the engagement projection,
wherein a lever rotatably provided on the connector housing of the first connector to perform a fitting operation and a fitting canceling operation in association with rotation thereof,
an operation access portion is provided on the locking arm which is to be pressed to deflect the locking arm so that the engagement portion is released from the engagement projection, and
the operation access portion is disposed in a position such that the operation access portion is able to be pressed prior to the fitting canceling operation in association with the rotation of the lever and the rotating operation of the lever can be subsequently performed continuously.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/651,066Filed 9 Jan 2007
Priority: JP 2006-00384011 Jan 2006
Published: 9 Aug 2007
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H01R 13/62955
Comprising exclusively pivoting lever: pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means
H01R 13/639
Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement: additional means for holding or locking…
H01R 13/62938
Comprising exclusively pivoting lever: pivoting lever comprising own camming means
H01R
Electrically-conductive connections