Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Nakata Hiroyuki

Osamu Taniuchi

Yamamoto Ryosuke

Hashimoto Atsumi

Honuchi Yasuyoshi

A multiple lever connector assembly includes a plurality of male and female connector housings accommodating terminals. Each male connector housing has a pair of lever support shafts, with a shaft protruding from each side wall and an operating lever having two bearing holes in which the lever support shafts of each male connector housing are fitted, so that the operating levers are rotatably mounted. The female connector housings include a plurality of cam action sections formed by projections for displacing the male and female connector housings by the cam action of the operating levers so that the male and female connector housings are moved together and apart. The male connector housings are coupled by a coupling member so that the housings are arranged side by side with a predetermined clearance between one of the side walls of each male connector housing and one of the side walls of the adjacent male connector housing opposite the one of the side walls of each first connector housing. The clearance is set to be smaller than a depth of fit between the lever support shafts and the respective bearing holes of the operating levers.

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Nakata Hiroyuki