The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/362 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/362 ;
Abstract
A lever ( ) of a connector assembly is in the form of a single plate, and a resilient lock ( ) for locking the lever ( ) at a connection completing position and a finger placing portion ( B) used to rotate the lever ( ) are adjacent to each other at one end of the lever ( ). The resilient lock ( ) extends along the plane of the lever ( ) and is resiliently deformable along a direction normal to the plane. Thus, a larger area can be secured for an unlocking portion ( B) of the resilient lock ( ) without increasing the thickness of the lever ( ), thereby providing good unlocking operational efficiency.