Lever type connector and connector system with lever type connector
A lever type connector includes a lever pivotally rotatable toward a mating connector. The lever performs both preliminary catching onto the mating connector and full catching onto the mating connector after the preliminary catching.
1 . A lever type connector, comprising:
a lever pivotally rotatable toward a mating connector, the lever being configured to perform both a preliminary catching onto the mating connector and a full catching onto the mating connector after the preliminary catching, one of the lever and the mating connector having a protruding axial portion and the other of the lever and the mating connector having a groove portion along which the protruding axial portion moves;
a movement starting portion side of the groove portion being a preliminary catching point where the preliminary catching is made by the lever, the protruding axial portion enters the groove portion to engage in the preliminary catching by an initial rotation of the lever; and
a diametrical dimension of the protruding axial portion being larger than a widthwise dimension of a portion of the groove portion forming the movement starting portion side, the lever having a slit near the protruding axial portion forming the protruding axial portion as an elastic member,
wherein the preliminary catching point where the preliminary catching is made by the lever and a full catching point where the full catching is made by the lever are continuous, and
wherein a movement terminating portion side of the groove portion is the full catching point.
2 . The lever type connector of claim 1 , wherein both the preliminary catching and the full catching can be performed stepwise by only the pivotally-rotational movement of the lever.
3 . The lever type connector of claim 1 , wherein a moving route of the protruding axial portion from the movement starting portion side to the movement terminating portion side is controlled along a form of the groove portion.
4 . The lever type connector of claim 1 , wherein the slit is partially disposed along a cross-sectional contour of the protruding axial portion.
5 . A connector system, comprising:
a mating connector; and
a lever type connector having a lever pivotally rotatable toward the mating connector, the lever being configured to perform both a preliminary catching onto the mating connector and a full catching onto the mating connector after the preliminary catching, one of the lever and the mating connector having a protruding axial portion and the other of the lever and the mating connector having a groove portion along which the protruding axial portion moves, a movement starting portion side of the groove portion being a preliminary catching point where the preliminary catching is made by the lever, the protruding axial portion enters the groove portion to engage in the preliminary catching by an initial rotation of the lever, and a diametrical dimension of the protruding axial portion being larger than a widthwise dimension of a portion of the groove portion forming the movement starting portion side, the lever having a slit near the protruding axial portion forming the protruding axial portion as an elastic member, the preliminary catching point where the preliminary catching is made by the lever and a full catching point where the full catching is made by the lever are continuous, a movement terminating portion side of the groove portion is the full catching point.
6 . A lever type connector, comprising:
a lever pivotally rotatable toward a mating connector, the lever being configured to perform both a preliminary catching onto the mating connector and a full catching onto the mating connector after the preliminary catching, one of the lever and the mating connector having a protruding axial portion and the other of the lever and the mating connector having a groove portion along which the protruding axial portion moves;
a movement starting portion side of the groove portion being a preliminary catching point where the preliminary catching is made by the lever; and
a diametrical dimension of the protruding axial portion being larger than a widthwise dimension of a portion of the groove portion forming the movement starting portion side, the lever having a slit near the protruding axial portion forming the protruding axial portion as an elastic member, the slit is partially disposed along a cross-sectional contour of the protruding axial portion,
wherein the preliminary catching point where the preliminary catching is made by the lever and a full catching point where the full catching is made by the lever are continuous, and
wherein a movement terminating portion side of the groove portion is the full catching point.