Connector with lever and fitting guiding structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9391400-B2
Application number	US-201314025123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2013
Priority date	Nov 29, 2010
Publication date	Jul 12, 2016
Grant date	Jul 12, 2016

Abstract

In a connector including a tubular male housing, a female housing, and a lever turnably supported in one of this male housing and the female housing and also is engaged with an engaging part formed in the other housing and slides the male housing in a direction in which the male housing is fitted into and removed from the female housing by a turning operation, the female housing is provided with support members extending in a direction in which the male housing is fitted and removed along an outer peripheral surface of the male housing, and the male housing is provided with a pair of projecting bar parts projecting from the outer peripheral surface and guide surfaces for guiding the support members are formed on mutually opposed surfaces of this pair of projecting bar parts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A connector, comprising:
a tubular male housing;
a female housing; and
a lever which is turnably supported in one of the male housing and the female housing and is engaged with a first engaging part formed in the other housing and slides the male housing in a direction in which the male housing is fitted into and removed from the female housing by a turning operation,
wherein the female housing is provided with a support member extending in a direction in which the male housing is fitted and removed along an outer peripheral surface of the male housing,
the male housing is provided with a pair of projecting bar parts projecting from the outer peripheral surface and guide surfaces for guiding the support member are formed on mutually opposed surfaces of the pair of projecting bar parts,
a peripheral wall part is erected from the female housing, and
the support member is erected upward beyond an upper end of the peripheral wall part towards the male housing along an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall part.

2. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support member is provided with a locking part which engages with a second engaging part formed in the lever and regulates a turn of the lever at the time of turning the lever in a direction in which the male housing is fitted into and removed from the female housing.

3. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support member is extended from the female housing in a direction toward the male housing.

4. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the male housing is inserted into an annular groove formed by the upper end of the peripheral wall part.

5. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upper end of the peripheral wall part is erected from the female housing in a direction towards the male housing.

6. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support member is extended, in a direction towards the male housing, from before the first engaging part to beyond the first engaging part.

7. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first engaging part comprises a cam pin formed on the peripheral wall part, and
the lever comprises a cam hole engaged with the cam pin to slide the male housing in a direction in which the male housing is fitted into and removed from the female housing.

8. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall part along which the support member is provided is substantially parallel to a direction of the turning operation of the lever.

9. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pair of projecting bar parts is provided such that the support member is placed between the pair of projecting bar parts.

10. The connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the locking part is formed at a distal end of the support member.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Henmi Fumitoshi
• Motoshige Yuichi

Classifications

• H01R13/6315

  allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection (for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/62938

  Pivoting lever comprising own camming means · CPC title

• H01R13/62955 Primary

  Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means · CPC title

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• B60L3/04

  Cutting off the power supply under fault conditions (protective devices and circuit arrangements in general H01H; H02H) · CPC title