Lever fitting type connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorToshiaki Okabe
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Abstract
A lever fitting type connector including a lever having a lever body composed of lever walls, protruding portions and an operating portion, guide ribs provided in a connector body, guide grooves provided in the guide ribs, the protruding portions of the lever being inserted into and guided by the guide grooves, protrusions provided on inner walls of the guide grooves, the protrusions being engaged with the protruding portions so that the lever walls can be temporarily fixed to a temporarily fixing position with respect to the connector body, and tapered surfaces used as an engagement release portion provided in the hood portion, the engagement release portion releasing an engagement condition of the protruding portions with the protrusions when the connector body is inserted into the hood portion.
Claims3
A lever fitting type connector comprising:
- a female connector portion having terminals therein and including a hood portion;
- a male connector portion including a connector body having terminals therein, said male connector portion being received in said hood portion and mating with said female connector portion;
- a lever attached to said connector body for inserting the connector body into the hood portion so as to fit the connector body to the hood portion, said lever including a lever body, said lever body having a lever wall rotatably supported by the connector body, protruding portions provided on one end of the lever wall and being engageable with the hood portion when the hood portion is fitted to the connector body, and an operating portion provided on the other side end of the lever wall for rotating said lever to facilitate insertion of the connector body into the hood portion;
- ribs provided in the connector body each having a long hole therein, protruding portions of the lever being inserted into and guided by said long holes;
- a projection provided on an inner wall of said long holes and being engageable with the protruding portions to retain said lever in a temporarily locked position;
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- tappered surfaces provided in the hood portion, said tappered surfaces releasing an engagement condition of the protruding portions with the protrusions when the connector body is inserted into the hood portion to allow said lever to be rotated to an unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.