Lever-type connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsHitoshi Okumura, Hajime Kawase, Youichi Nankoh, Satoru Nishide
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Abstract
A connector includes lever pivotally mounted on a lateral wall of a male connector housing. When a female connector housing is inserted into the male connector housing, a cam follower projection formed on a cover is engaged with a cam groove formed on the lever. The lever is formed of four split pieces: a base plate, a second split piece, a third split piece, and an operating strip. For connecting or disconnecting the connectors, the lever can be expanded to maximize leverage. For storage, the lever can be contracted to minimize the amount of space occupied.
Claims10
A lever-type connector including a lever pivotally mounted on a first connector housing, a cam follower projection disposed on a second connector housing, said cam follower projection engageable with a cam groove formed on said lever, wherein by pivotally moving said lever, said cam follower projection is displaced so that said first and second connectors are connected and disconnected, said lever comprising a plurality of split pieces attached in an expandable manner.
A lever-type connector comprising:
- a first connector housing;
- a second connector housing;
- a lever pivotally attached to said first connector housing, said lever having a cam groove;
- a cam follower projection projecting from a lateral wall of said second connector housing, said cam follower projection engaging said cam groove of said lever, wherein by pivotally moving said lever, said cam follower projection is displaced by said cam groove;
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- means for selectively expanding and contracting said lever, enabling increased leverage during connection and disconnection and reduced size during storage.
A lever-type connector comprising:
- a first connector housing;
- a second connector housing;
- a lever pivotally attached to said first connector housing, said lever having a cam groove;
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- a cam follower projection projecting from a lateral wall of said second connector housing, said cam follower projection engaging said cam groove of said lever, wherein by pivotally moving said lever, said cam follower projection is displaced by said cam groove, wherein said lever comprises a base plate, a first split piece slidably engageable with said base plate, a second split piece slidably engageable with said first split piece, and an operating strip slidably engageable with said second split piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.