Connector having a movable member and connector assembly
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsYukihiro Toyoda, Hideshi Tachi
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Abstract
A connector has a housing (20). A rotary lever (50) is mountable on shafts (45) of the housing (20) in either of two symmetric orientations selected in accordance with space restrictions and/or the orientation of a wire cover (30) on the housing (20). The rotary lever (50) has cam grooves (55) for engaging follower pins (15) on a mating housing (10). The housing (20) also has an insertion path (38) and a slide lever (60) is mountable in the insertion path (38) from either of two opposite directions selected in accordance with space restrictions. The slide lever (60) has cam grooves (63) for engaging the follower pins (15). The housing (20) has locks (41) for releasably holding the rotary lever (50) or the slide lever (60) at an initial position.
Claims12
A connector, comprising:
- a housing connectable with a mating housing, the housing including at least one shaft and at least one insertion path;
- a rotary lever rotatably mountable to the at least one shaft and being formed with at least one cam groove for engaging a follower pin on the mating housing;
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- a slide lever slidably mountable in the at least one insertion path and being formed with at least one cam groove for engaging the follower pin on the mating housing, whereby one of the rotary lever and the slide lever is selectively mounted on the housing and is movable on the housing while engaging the follower pin of the mating housing for urging the housing and the mating housing into connection with one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.