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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2008
Takayuki Hayauchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Takayuki Hayauchi, Sagamihara, JP;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A connector protective cover is provided which has a pair of cover members (and) to be joined together and which, using the pair of cover members (and), protects a latch lever that is operated to retain a pair of connectors (and) in engagement with each other, wherein the latch lever has an operating portion and an engagement effecting portion, and when the operating portion is operated, the engagement effecting portion is moved between an engaging position where the pair of connectors are retained in engagement with each other and a disengaging position where the pair of connectors are released from the engagement, and wherein the pair of cover members (and) joined together in an inseparable manner covers the operating portion and is fixed to the operating portion of the latch lever.