Lever Type Electrical Connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics Japan G.K.
InventorRyuichi Komiyama
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Abstract
A lever type connector is mated with a mating connector by operating a rotatable lever with a mating portion being received in a receiving space of the mating connector. The lever type connector includes a slider having a cam groove and is moved by rotation of the lever. The mating connector further includes a cam pin positioned on a mating housing and inserted into the cam groove. A rib that constitutes a cam pin displacement restricting body is placed between a front cover that constitutes a part of a housing of the lever type connector 1 and the mating housing in a region corresponding to the cam pin.
Claims12
A lever type connector, comprising:
- a front cover that holds a plurality of lever side contacts;
- a lever removably supported by the front cover to be rotatable between a mating start position and a mating end position;
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- a slider having a cam groove and being moveable by rotation of the lever,
- a mating connector having a mating housing that holds a mating contact electrically connected to each of the plurality of lever side contacts, a cam pin formed on the mating housing and inserted into the cam groove, and a cam pin displacement restricting body positioned between the front cover and the mating housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.