Connector
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsJunya Matsuura, Toshikazu Sakurai
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Abstract
A slide lever (30) provided on a fit-in side housing (F) includes cam functioning portions (31) configured to enter the receptacle (11) in the process of connecting the waiting side housing (M) and the fit-in side housing (F), and the cam functioning portions (31) are formed with cam grooves (32) to be engaged with cam followers (15) in the process of connecting the two housings (F, M). An operating portion (33) projects substantially parallel to a moving direction of the slide lever (30) from rear end parts of the cam functioning portions (31) in an entering direction into the receptacle (11) and is arranged forwardly of a front face (S) of the panel (P).
Claims2
A connector, comprising:
- a waiting side housing to be mounted on a panel;
- a receptacle formed on the waiting side housing and configured to penetrate through a mounting hole of the panel and open toward a front side of the panel, a flange formed on an outer periphery of the receptacle and configured to be locked to the panel;
- a cam follower formed on an inner surface of the receptacle;
- a fit-in side housing to be fit in the receptacle from the front side of the panel;
- a slide lever mounted on the fit-in side housing and movable in a direction intersecting a connecting direction of the waiting side housing and the fit-in side housing;
- a cam functioning portion formed on the slide lever and configured to enter the receptacle in the process of connecting the waiting side housing and the fit-in side housing;
- a cam groove formed in the cam functioning portion and configured to be engaged with the cam follower in the process of connecting the waiting side housing and the fit-in side housing;
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- an operating portion projecting substantially parallel to a moving direction of the slide lever from a rear end part of the cam functioning portion in an entering direction into the receptacle (11) and arranged forward of the panel, wherein
- the cam follower is arranged at a position corresponding to the flange in the connecting direction of the waiting side housing and the fit-in side housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.