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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
May. 16, 1997
Tomohiko Kimura, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A low insertion force connector including: a male connector portion including a male housing having side walls, cam protrusions formed on the side walls, respectively, and a plurality of first contacts insertable in the male housing; a female connector portion coupled with the male connector portion, the female connector portion including a female housing, and a plurality of second contacts insertable in the female housing a slider supported to be longitudinally slidable in the female housing, the slider including cam slots engageable with the cam protrusions to draw the male connector portion to the female connector portion in a connector fitting direction as the slider slides in the female housing, and an arcuate wall formed on an end wall of the slider, the arcuate wall having a spiral groove in an inner surface thereof; and a slide mechanism provided to control the slide of the slider in the female housing, the slide mechanism including a support shaft rotatably supported on an end wall of the female housing and longitudinally extended from the end wall, and an operation lever provided on a distal end of the support shaft, the operation lever including a boss portion having a propulsion protrusion for engaging with the spiral groove.