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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2000
Toshiaki Okabe, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tetsuya Yamashita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A substantially parallelepiped engaging protrusion (,) formed on a side wall (,A) of a lever (,) pivoted on a boss (,) of a connector (,) has an upper front edge part tapered to provide a corner part (,B) defined by a pair of neighboring surfaces (,A,,C) intersecting with an obtuse angle, the corner part (,B) making contact with a lower corner (,B) of an inclined engagement step (,) formed in a front side of an insertion groove (,) in an inner wall of a hood (,) of a mating connector (,), the inclined engagement step (,) having an inclined surface (,A) at an angle of inclination of at least 45 degrees with respect to a mating direction between the connectors (,), and an upper edge (,C) of the inclined surface (,A) and a lower edge (,B) of a tapered surface (,A) of the engaging protrusion (,) are spaced from each other at a distance (D) in the mating direction so that, even with dimensional errors, there is achieved an ensured operative engagement between the engaging protrusion (,) and the engagement step (,).