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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2000
Shinji Kodama, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideto Kumakura, Shizuoka, JP;
Kiyohito Fukuda, Shizuoka, JP;
Nobuyuki Akeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector coupling device comprises a first connector in which a slide plate having a cam groove is provided being capable of sliding so as to traverse the first connector, a second connector having a fitting projection which is engaged with the cam groove for coupling the second connector with the first connector when the slide plate is slid toward a first direction, and which is removed from the cam groove for removing the second connector from the first connector when the slide plate is slid toward a second direction opposed to the first direction, a coupling case having a first opening into which the first connector is inserted and a second opening into which the second connector is inserted and slidablly mounted therein, and a fitting support member urging one end portion of the slide plate toward the first direction while the first connector is pushed toward the second connector inside of the case in a third direction perpendicular to the first and second directions for coupling the first connector with the second connector.