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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1999
Kazuaki Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshinori Uchida, Shizuoka, JP;
Hirofumi Yamauchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoko Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Sasaki, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kanbayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A female connector is provided with a first moving member and a second moving member which are capable of moving independently of each other, and the female connector is further provided with an operating member which is rotatable. The operating member is provided with a pair of first cam grooves whose spiral groove shapes are formed oppositely, while the first and second moving members are provided with first cam pins which are respectively inserted in the pair of first cam grooves. As the operating member is rotated, the first and second moving members are moved in mutually opposite directions. The first and second moving members are each provided with a pair of second cam grooves whose angles of inclination are opposite, while a male connector is provided with second cam pins which are inserted in the second cam grooves. As the first and second moving members are moved in the mutually opposite directions, a moving force acting in a connector-inserting direction is applied to the male connector through the cooperative movement of the first and second moving members.