Lever engaging type connector
View Patent ↗To enable a male connector and a female connector to be opposed to each other in parallel, at least when female terminals and male terminals of the respective connectors start to be connected, so that engagement of the male terminals with the female terminals can be smoothly and coaxially performed, without applying excessive stress to each other, a thick wall part 40 protruding toward an upper face of a male connector 2 is formed in a part of a lower face of a lever 1 opposed to the upper face of the male connector 2.
1. A lever engaging type connector, comprising:
a male connector;
a lever whose center part is rotatably attached to boss parts on both side faces of the male connector;
a female connector having an engaging space into which the male connector is inserted; and
a pivot projection being provided at one end side of the lever;
wherein the lever is rotated by pressing the other end side of the lever toward the female connector, in a state where the pivot projection is positioned in a pivot projection receiving groove which is provided on an inner wall defining the engaging space, thereby enabling the pivot projection to act as a pivot, and the center part to act as a point of action, whereby the male connector is pushed deep into the engaging space along an engaging direction allowing the male connector to be engaged with the female connector;
wherein the pivot projection containing groove is composed of a groove which is continued from an end of a pivot projection guiding groove extending from an upper end of the inner wall deep into the engaging space along the engaging direction, which is remote from the upper end, and extends in a direction intersecting the engaging direction;
the lever and the male connector are provided with temporarily locking means for making the lever unrotatable toward the female connector in an initial stage of engagement;
the inner wall is provided with a releasing plate part in a plate-like shape for releasing an unrotatable state of the lever by the temporarily locking means, as the male connector approaches the female connector,
the pivot projection is positioned in the pivot projection receiving groove at a time point when the unrotatable state of the lever has been released, and
a thick wall part protruding toward an upper face of the male connector is formed in a part of a lower face of the lever opposed to the upper face of the male connector.
2. The lever engaging type connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thick wall part is formed at the other end side of the lower face of the lever opposed to the upper face of the male connector.
3. The lever engaging type connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the thick wall part has such a thickness that a lower face of the thick wall part can be contacted with the upper face of the male connector, before the terminals formed in the male connector are electrically connected to the terminals formed in the female connector by pushing operation of the male connector caused by the rotation of the lever.