US 7,597,569 B2
Combination of lever connector and mating connector
Katsumasa Okuda, Tokyo (Japan); and Satoru Majima, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/70,462.
Claims priority of application No. 2007-038180 (JP), filed on Feb. 19, 2007.
Prior Publication US 2008/0200052 A1, Aug. 21, 2008
Int. Cl. H01R 13/62 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—157 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combination of first and second connectors fittable with and detachable from each other, the first connector comprising a first body, a guided portion and a stopper-releaser, the guided portion being held by the first body and being movable between a detachment position and a fit position via a preliminary-fit position when the first connector is fitted with or detached from the second connector, the fit position and the preliminary-fit position being within the second connector, the stopper-releaser accompanying the guided portion, the second connector comprising a second body, a lever and a lever stopper, the lever being provided with a guiding portion, the lever being supported by the second body so that the lever is rotatable between first and second positions, the lever allowing the guided portion to move between the detachment position and the preliminary-fit position when the lever is positioned at the first position, the guiding portion guiding the guided portion to the fit position when the lever is rotated from the first position to the second position after the guided portion is positioned at the preliminary-fit position, the guiding portion guiding the guided portion to the preliminary-fit position when the lever is rotated from the second position to the first position after the first connector is fitted with the second connector, the lever stopper stopping rotation of the lever from the first position toward the second position when the lever is positioned at the first position, the stopping of the rotation being released by the stopper-releaser upon the guided portion is positioned at the preliminary-fit position;
wherein the lever stopper is held by the second body so that the lever stopper is elastically bendable, the stopper-releaser bending the lever stopper to release the stopping of the rotation.