IP Library Granted Patent US 9,831,602
Granted Patent B1
US 9,831,602 · App. 15/596,193 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Connector

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,831,602
App. No.
15/596,193
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B1
Abstract

A connector includes a lever attachable to a first housing to draw and fit the first housing and a second housing by rotating around a rotating axis from a temporary lock position to a final lock position. The lever includes: a positioning portion including a pair of wall surfaces which extend toward the first housing and which are spaced at a predetermined distance from each other in a first direction parallel to the rotating axis; and a lever side lock portion. The first housing includes: a reception portion which receives the positioning portion so as to hold the pair of wall surfaces in the first direction; and a housing-side lock portion to which the lever-side lock portion is locked in a state in which the positioning portion has been received in the reception portion and when the lever is in the final lock position.

Claims (16)

1. A connector comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing fittable to the first housing; and

a lever attachable to the first housing to draw and fit the first housing and the second housing to each other by rotating around a rotating axis from a temporary lock position to a final lock position,

wherein the lever comprises:

a positioning portion comprising a pair of wall surfaces which extend toward the first housing and which are spaced at a predetermined distance from each other in a first direction parallel to the rotating axis; and

a lever side lock portion, and

wherein the first housing comprises:

a reception portion which receives the positioning portion so as to hold the pair of wall surfaces in the first direction; and

a housing-side lock portion to which the lever-side lock portion is locked in a state in which the positioning portion has been received in the reception portion and when the lever is in the final lock position.

2. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the positioning portion is not received in the reception portion when the lever is in the temporary lock position, and

wherein the positioning portion begins to be received in the reception portion when the lever is being rotated from the temporary lock position to the final lock position.

3. The connector according to claim 1 ,

wherein the positioning portion comprises a base structure comprising: a pair of side plates forming the pair of wall surfaces; and a bottom plate connecting protruding ends of the pair of side plates with each other, and

wherein the lever-side lock portion has a cantilever-like arm structure extending from the bottom plate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2017
From: KANDA, HIDENORI; KUBOTA, HIROMASA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042391/0535 →