Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Yusuke Hamada

Yoshihiro Mizutani

Yuichi Goto

Hiroko Nishii

Keisuke Teramoto

A lever-type connector () includes a housing () and a lever () rotatably mounted on the housing () and includes two arm plates () coupled by an operating portion (). The connector () is connectable to a mating connector by rotating the lever (). Two support shafts () project from outer side surfaces () of the housing (). The arm plates () include shaft holes () and start opening deformation while riding on the support shafts (). The arm plates () return when the support shafts () fit into the shaft holes (). Each arm plate () includes an inclined receiving surface () inclined toward the operating portion (). An inclined surface (A) is provided on a projecting end of the support shaft () and is configured to come into surface contact with the inclined receiving surface () at a ride initial position of the arm plates ().

Lever-type connector

A connector includes a housing () that is connectable to a mating connector by rotating a lever () from an initial position to a connection position on the housing (). The lever () has two arm plates () coupled by an operating portion (). Ridge pieces () are on facing surfaces of the arm plates (). Front and rear rails (A,B) extend perpendicular to a pull-out direction of wires to guide the ridge piece () laterally. An introducing portion () is open on one end of the rear rail (B) to receive the ridge piece () between the rails (A,B) from a position behind the housing (). An escaping portion enables the ridge piece () to rotate from a position between the rails to the position behind the housing () as the lever () is rotated from the connection position to the initial position.

A connector is composed of a male connector including a receptacle and a female connector including a body portion to be fit into the receptacle, the body portion being fit into the receptacle in a horizontal direction. The female connector is provided with a small receptacle disposed outside the receptacle in a connected state to the male connector to cover an upper part of a tip of the receptacle.

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Mie, Japan

Yusuke Hamada