Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorShinjiro Kida
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Abstract
A wire cover (70) is arranged to cover a rear surface of a housing (10) and includes a back plate (73) in a rear part. A pull-out port (77) for wires (30) is provided in an end part of the back plate (73) and an opening (74) is provided separately from the pull-out port (77). A U-shaped lever (90) is arranged to straddle the back plate (73) and connects the housing (10) and a mating housing at a connection position by being rotated with an operating portion (91) gripped. The operating portion (91) of the lever (90) enters the opening (74) at the connection position and is arranged in contact with or in proximity to an edge of the opening (74).
Claims2
A connector, comprising:
- a housing (10) with opposite front and rear ends and configured to be connected to a mating housing from the front, a wire (30) extending from the rear end of the housing (10);
- a wire cover (70) arranged to cover the rear end of the housing (10) and including a back plate (73) in a rear part, a pull-out port (77) for the wire (30) being provided in an end part of the back plate (73), an opening (74) being provided separately from the pull-out port (77) for the wire (30);
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- a U-shaped lever (90) arranged to straddle the back plate (73) of the wire cover (70) and configured to connect the housing (10) and the mating housing at a connection position by being rotated with an operating portion (91) gripped;
- wherein the operating portion (91) of the lever (90) enters the opening (74) at the connection position and is arranged in contact with or in proximity to an edge of the opening (74).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.