Connector with lever and wire cover
View Patent ↗A lever-type connector having a cover and a lever. The cover includes a body and a lock with a spring section connected to the body and an engaging section connected to the spring section. The lever connects to the body and includes a rotatable pair of arms facing each other and a coupling part connecting the rotatable pair of arms together. The coupling part is engageable with the lock when the lever is rotated toward the lock and includes a cover section covering the engaging section and a portion of the spring section when the lock engages the lever.
1. A lever-type connector comprising:
a cover having a body and a lock with a spring section connected to the body and an engaging section connected to the spring section, the body includes a pair of side walls facing each other, an upper wall coupling upper ends of the pair of side walls together, a protection wall integrally formed with the upper wall, a pair of slits positioned between the spring section and the upper wall, and a coupling wall connecting the pair of side walls together on a front end side of the body, wherein the spring section extends away from the upper wall in a cantilever manner; and
a lever connected to the body and having a rotatable pair of arms facing each other and a coupling part connecting the rotatable pair of arms together and engageable with the lock when the lever is rotated toward the lock, the coupling part having a cover section covering the engaging section and a portion of the spring section when the lock engages the lever.
2. The lever-type connector according to claim 1 , wherein the spring section includes a support end positioned at one end thereof and connected to an upper wall of the body.
3. The lever-type connector according to claim 2 , wherein the support end extends away from the upper wall to a tip.
4. The lever-type connector according to claim 3 , wherein the engaging section is disposed on the tip.
5. The lever-type connector according to claim 4 , wherein the cover section faces the engaging section and the tip when the lock engages the lever.
6. The lever-type connector according to claim 5 , wherein the lock further includes a release projection extending from a lower end side of the tip.
7. The lever-type connector according to claim 1 , wherein the body includes a hollow cavity with an open lower end part.
8. The lever-type connector according to claim 7 , wherein the body includes a wire receiving space therein.
9. The lever-type connector according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling part includes a catch disposed on a back surface thereof.
10. The lever-type connector according to claim 1 , wherein a projection extends outward from the body and onto which the lever is rotatably supported.
11. The lever-type connector according to claim 10 , wherein each of the pair of side walls includes a start position stopper.
12. The lever-type connector according to claim 9 , wherein the catch includes a pressing surface and a recessed part positioned on a back side of the pressing surface.
13. The lever-type connector according to claim 12 , wherein the coupling part further includes a pressing projection part provided on a front surface side the coupling part where the pressing surface is located.
14. The lever-type connector according to claim 1 , wherein a front end of the upper wall and a upper end of the coupling wall are connected together by a connection section.
15. The lever-type connector according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of ribs provided on an upper surface of the spring section extending to the engaging section.
16. The lever-type connector according to claim 1 , wherein the protection wall extends from both of a top and bottom surface of the upper wall and along the spring section.
17. The lever-type connector according to claim 14 , wherein the connection section is directed diagonally upward from the coupling wall to the upper wall.