US 11,688,977 B2
Connector lever with wire guide
Vinayakumar Shettar, Bangalore (IN); Ramesh S, Bangalore (IN); Stephen J. Descioli, Louisville, KY (US); Melani Cindric, Middletown, PA (US); and Richard T. Shell, Prospect, KY (US)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and TE Connectivity India Private Limited, Bangalore (IN)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and TE Connectivity India Private Limited, Bangalore (IN)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/498,057.
Claims priority of application No. 202141037654 (IN), filed on Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057164 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/58 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/62938 (2013.01) [H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 13/58 (2013.01); H01R 13/62955 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
a connector housing having a first wall, a second wall and side walls extending between the first wall and the second wall;
multiple contacts positioned in one or more contact receiving cavities of the connector housing, one or more of the multiple contacts having wires extending therefrom;
a lever rotatably mounted relative to the connector housing, the lever having lever arms and a lever handle, the lever arms extending from the side walls of the housing, the lever handle extending between the lever arms; and
a wire guide positioned on the lever;
wherein the lever is rotatable between a pre-insertion position and an insertion position; and
wherein when the lever is in the insertion position, the wire guide engages the wires which extend from the housing to direct the wires to a designated position.