Lever fitting-type connector with division connectors
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsToshiaki Okabe, Masanori Wakui
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Abstract
A lever 22 is pivotally mounted on bosses 29 formed on a connector 21, and the connector 21 is fitted into a mating connector 23 by pivotally moving the lever 22 about the bosses 29. The connector 21 is formed by a plurality of division connectors 24, 25 and 26, and a plurality of kinds of division connectors may be substituted for the division connectors 25 and 26. Therefore, a plurality of kinds of connectors 21, having the same length, can be formed. Any of the plurality of kinds of connectors 21 can be fitted into the mating connector 23 by one lever 22, and the lever 22 can be of the common use-type.
Claims12
A lever fitting-type connector comprising:
- a unitary connector comprising a plurality of division connectors which can be combined together, said division connectors selected from a plurality of kinds of division connectors of different lengths, said unitary connector formed by combining said selected division connectors and having a predetermined length;
- different kinds of terminals received in the plurality of division connectors;
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- a lever pivotally mounted on bosses of said unitary connector having a plurality of terminals received therein, and said unitary connector being fitted into a mating connector by pivotally moving said lever about said bosses to connect said terminals respectively to terminals received in said mating connector,
- wherein a second unitary connector having the predetermined length, and formed by combining different selected division connectors from the plurality of kinds of said division connectors, can be fitted into said mating connector by the lever.
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