| US 7,524,200 B2 | ||
| Lever type connector | ||
| Kenichi Ikeya, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Ronald Alan Cabangal, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); and Hideki Inoue, Shizuoka-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 26, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/925,470. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2006-292325 (JP), filed on Oct. 27, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0102668 A1, May 01, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 11/20 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—157 | 5 Claims |
| 1. A lever type connector, comprising:
first and second connector housings to be connected with each other;
a lever which is rotatably attached to the first connector housing and has cam grooves; and
cam pins which are provided on the second connector housing and guided by the cam grooves respectively,
wherein connecting or disconnecting of the first and second connector housings is assisted by rotating the lever in a state
where the cam pins are inserted into the cam grooves respectively,
guiding structure is provided between the first and second connector housings for guiding the cam pins to entry gates of the
cam grooves respectively as connection of the first and second connector housings proceeds at an initial stage of the connection,
the lever includes a pair of side panels,
the pair of side panels includes the cam grooves respectively and rotatably coupled with a pair of sidewalls of the first
connector housing respectively,
the entry gates of the cam grooves open at circumferential edges of the pair of the side panels respectively,
the cam pins are projected from a pair of sidewalls of the second connector housing respectively,
the guiding structure includes a pair of frictioning portions which is to be frictioned each other as the connection proceeds
at the initial stage to align a relative position in a first direction between the first and second connector housings in
order to guide the cam pins to entry gates of the cam grooves respectively, the first direction being perpendicular to a connecting
direction of the first and second connector housings, and
the pair of frictioning portions includes guiding slopes facing toward the first direction respectively.
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