Connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsTakahiro Yoneda, Hitoshi Kazuhara
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Abstract
A connector including a first component which has a first receiving portion, and a a second component which has a first projection portion to be abuttingly engaged with the first receiving portion and which is to be pivoted about a first abutting portion of the first projection portion and the first receiving portion. Also included is a first locking member which is fixed to the second component and which is to form a first track while pivoting the second component, and a first side member which is fixed to the first component and which has on the first track a first portion to be lockingly engaged with the first locking member.
Claims7
A connector comprising:
- a first component having a first recessed receiving portion;
- a second component having a first projection portion with a forwardly-extending front end portion configured to abuttingly engage with the first recessed receiving portion, and in which the second component is configured to pivot about a first abutting portion of the first projection portion and the first recessed receiving portion;
- a first locking member fixed to the second component and forming a first track while the second component is pivoted;
- a first side member fixed to the first component and having on the first track a first portion configured to lockingly engage with the first locking member;
- a third component having a second projection portion configured to abuttingly engage with a second recessed receiving portion included in one of the first and second components, and in which the third component is configured to pivot about a second abutting portion of the second projection portion and the second recessed receiving portion;
- a second locking member fixed to the third component and forming a second track apart from the first track while the third component is pivoted;
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- a second side member fixed to one of the first and second components and having on the second track a second portion configured to lockingly engage with the second locking member,
- wherein the second component is sandwiched between the first and third components.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.