Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorNaotaka Tanikawa
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Abstract
In the process of connecting first and second housings (10, 90), a slider (60) is kept at an advanced position by locking a resilient stopper (76) and a stopper receiving portion (25), and springs (80) accumulate spring forces. The resilient stopper (76) and the stopper receiving portion (25) are released as the housings (10, 90) are connected and the slider (60) is moved to a retracted position while being biased by the springs (80). The resilient stopper (76) projects from a base end (52) to a tip (51) and has a first support (54) at the base end (52) to function as a support of deflection when starting deflection in the process of connecting the first and second housings (10, 90) and a second support (58) closer to the tip (51) than the base end (52) to function as a support of deflection following the first support (54).
Claims6
A connector, comprising:
- a second housing including a releasing portion;
- a first housing connectable to the second housing and including a stopper receiving portion;
- a slider assembled with the first housing movably between an advanced position and a retracted position, including a resilient stopper resiliently lockable to the stopper receiving portion and configured such that the slider is kept at the advanced position by the locking of the resilient stopper and the stopper receiving portion in the process of connecting the first and second housings and the resilient stopper is deflected and deformed in a direction to release locking with the stopper receiving portion by being engaged with the releasing portion as the first and second housings are properly connected, thereby permitting a movement to the retracted position;
- and
- a spring member configured to accumulate a spring force while applying the spring force to the slider kept at the advanced position in the process of connecting the first and second housings and move the slider toward the retracted position by the release of the spring force as the first and second housings are properly connected,
- wherein:
- the resilient stopper is cantilevered from a base end portion toward a tip portion and the tip portion is lockable to the stopper receiving portion;
- and
- the resilient stopper includes a first supporting point portion formed of the base end portion functioning as a supporting point of deflection in starting deflection in the process of connecting the first and second housings and a second supporting point portion functioning as a supporting point of deflection following the first supporting point portion in a part closer to the tip portion than the base end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.