LIF connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsMotohisa Kashiyama, Hiroshi Aoki
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Abstract
Pivot shafts are formed on a female connector, and male and female connectors are fitted together by pivotally moving an operating lever pivotally mounted on the pivot shafts. The operating lever has shaft-receiving grooves for respectively receiving the pivot shafts, and includes retaining portions formed integrally with this operating lever, and each of the retaining portions has a flat or curved abutment surface which is in line-contact with the associated pivot shaft received in the shaft-receiving groove, thereby retaining the pivot shaft in the shaft-receiving groove.
Claims13
A low insertion force (LIF) connector comprising:
- a male connector;
- a female connector;
- a plurality of pivot shafts disposed on at least one of said male and female connectors;
- and
- an operating lever pivotally mounted on said plurality pivot shafts, said male and female connectors being fitted together by pivotally moving said operating lever;
- wherein said operating lever comprises:
- a plurality of shaft-receiving grooves for respectively receiving said plurality of pivot shafts;
- and
- a plurality of separate retaining portions respectively disposed proximate to said plurality of shaft-receiving grooves and retaining said plurality of pivot shafts in said plurality of said shaft-receiving grooves, each of said retaining portions including an abutment surface which is in line-contact with an associated pivot shafts received in said plurality of shaft-receiving grooves.
A low insertion force (LIF) connector comprising:
- a male connector;
- a female connector;
- at least one pivot shaft disposed on at least one of said male and female connectors, and;
- an operating lever pivotally mounted on said at least one pivot shaft, said male and female connectors being fitted together by pivotally moving said operating lever;
- wherein said operating lever further comprises:
- at least one shaft-receiving groove for respectively receiving said at least one pivot shaft;
- and
- a separate retaining portion which respectively retains said at least one pivot shaft in said at least one shaft-receiving groove, said retaining portion having an abutment surface oriented substantially perpendicular to said at least shaft-receiving groove,
- wherein said at least one pivot shaft is in line-contact with said abutment surface.
A low insertion force (LIF) connector comprising:
- a male connector;
- a female connector;
- at least one pivot shaft disposed on at least one of said male and female connectors, and;
- an operating lever pivotally mounted on said at least one pivot shaft, said male and female connectors being fitted together by pivotally moving said operating lever;
- wherein said operating lever further comprises:
- at least one shaft-receiving groove for respectively receiving said at least one pivot shaft;
- and
- a separate retaining portion which retains said at least one pivot shaft in said at least one shaft-receiving groove,
- wherein said retaining portion includes an abutment surface located between side surfaces of said at least one shaft-receiving groove,
- wherein said abutment surface abuts against said at least one pivot shaft at an intersection of the respective said abutment surface and a surface of said at least one pivot shaft, and
- wherein said intersection is along a line of contact between said respective surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.