| US 7,513,783 B2 | ||
| Connector with a rotatable lever with a recess with a spring | ||
| Katsumasa Okuda, Tokyo (Japan); Satoru Majima, Tokyo (Japan); and Hidenori Aizawa, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/900,373. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-246900 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0064243 A1, Mar. 13, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—157 | 7 Claims |
| 1. A connector comprising:
a housing adapted to be fitted to a mating connector; and
a lever held by the housing and rotatable between a first position where the housing is capable of being fitted to and released
from the mating connector and a second position where the housing is fitted to the mating connector;
wherein the lever comprises:
a main body having a generally flat shape and provided with a recess which is recessed from a principal surface of the main
body in a thickness direction to have a bottom portion;
a spring portion which extends from the main body in the recess to have a free end and which is elastically deformable in
the thickness direction; and
a locking portion which is formed to the spring portion at a first portion away from the free end and which is adapted to
be locked with the housing when the lever is at the second position;
wherein the spring portion faces the bottom of the recess with a distance which is greater at a second portion between the
free end and the first portion than that at the first portion.
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