US 6,547,574 B2 · Connector connecting device

Abstract

A lever (14) is pivotally movably supported on a female connector (11). In accordance with the movement of a slide member (13) relative to the female connector (11), the lever (14) is pivotally moved while held in engagement with a tongue portion (29b) of an engagement portion (29) formed on a male connector (16), and with this construction the inserting force is reduced. When the slide member (13) is completely drawn out relative to the female connector (11), an engagement projection (14g) of the lever (14) is engaged with an engagement claw (26a) of an elastic arm portion (26), and the lever (14) is held in this position. When a projection (29a) of the engagement portion (29) elastically deforms the elastic arm portion (26), the retained condition of the lever (14) is canceled, so that the lever (14) is allowed to be pivotally moved.

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Dependent claims

A connector connecting device comprising:

a first connector;
a slide member slidably mounted on said first connector;
a lever pivotally mounted on said first connector, and being rotatable in accordance with a slide movement of said slide member;
a second connector connectable with said first connector including an engagement portion engagement with said lever;
a holding mechanism which holds said lever by engagement with said first connector when said slide member is kept in a drawn-out condition relative to said second connector;
where the slide member slides in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the first connector is connected to the second connector, and
wherein an inserting-drawing force acting between said first and second connectors is reduced by an operating force, wherein said operating force is applied to said slide member and is converted into a rotational force of said lever.

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A connector connecting device comprising:

a first connector;
a slide member slidably mounted on said first connector;
a lever formed in Y-shape defining two tines and a base portion, pivotally mounted on said first connector through a center portion where said tines are connected to said base portion, and being rotatable in accordance with a slide movement of said slide member;
and
a second connector connectable with said first connector including an engagement portion engagement with said lever;
where one end of said tines is engaged with said engagement portion when said first connector is inserted in said second connector, the other end of said tines is engaged with said engagement portion when said first connector is drawn from said second connector, said base portion receives a force applied from said slide member,
where the slide member slides in a direction substantially parallel to the direction in which the first connector is connected to the second connector, and
wherein an inserting-drawing force acting between said first and second connectors is reduced by an operating force, wherein said operating force is applied to said slide member and is converted into a rotational force of said lever.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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