Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Masatoshi Itou

Tomohiko Kobayashi

Shinji Hirano

Takao Hata

Chikahiro Yoshioka

A lever () mounted on a cover () is held at a standby position and, in that state, the cover () is fitted to a housing () in a connecting direction to a position where the cover () is not aligned with the housing (). At this position, gear teeth of the lever () and rack teeth of sliders () do not interfere with each other and are not engaged. If the cover () is subsequently moved in a direction perpendicular to the connecting direction via a guiding action of the engagement of guide receiving portions () of the connector housing () and U-shaped guide portions () formed on the cover (), the cover () is smoothly mounted at a proper mounting position. At this time, since the guide portions () vertically sandwich the guide receiving portions (), upward detachment of the cover () is prevented.

Lever-type connector

A retainer (), a rubber plug () and a rubber plug pressing member () are mounted in a housing (). The retainer () is movable between a partial locking position and a full locking position, and the rubber plug pressing member () is movable between an initial position and a pushed-in position. The rubber plug pressing member () is formed with arm portions () projecting therefrom. The retainer () is formed with unlock linking portions () for linking a movement of this retainer () from the full locking position to the partial locking position and a movement of the rubber plug pressing member () from the pushed-in position to the initial position with each other by coming into sliding contact with the arm portions ().

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Masatoshi Itou