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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2012
Jun Umetsu, Hitachi, JP;
Hideaki Takehara, Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Kunihiro Fukuda, Tsukuba, JP;
Sachio Suzuki, Hitachi, JP;
Yuta Kataoka, Hitachi, JP;
Jun Umetsu, Hitachi, JP;
Hideaki Takehara, Kitasaku-gun, JP;
Kunihiro Fukuda, Tsukuba, JP;
Sachio Suzuki, Hitachi, JP;
Yuta Kataoka, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector system includes a plurality of first connecting terminals, a plurality of second connecting terminals, a first housing, a second housing, a plurality of insulating members, a laminated structure formed by the plurality of first and second connecting terminals and the plurality of insulating members, a pressing mechanism including a rotary member rotatably supported on the first housing and configured to generate a pressing force to press the laminated structure in a lamination direction thereof, a rotation inhibiting mechanism configured to inhibit a rotation of the rotary member in a direction of generating the pressing force when the first housing is not fitted to the second housing, and a rotation-inhibition release mechanism configured to release the inhibition of the rotation of the rotary member by the rotation inhibiting mechanism so as to allow the rotation of the rotary member when the first housing is fitted to the second housing.