US 11,837,821 B2
Connector assembly with locking lever
Kai Murakami, Yamato (JP); and Kimiyasu Makino, Yamato (JP)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/506,669.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-178847 (JP), filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131316 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/62955 (2013.01) [H01R 13/62938 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a first connector including a plurality of terminals arranged in a first direction and a frame surrounding the plurality of terminals; and
a second connector including a plurality of terminals arranged in the first direction and disposed inside the frame, wherein
the second connector includes a lock lever movable between a lock position at which the second connector is engaged with the frame and an unlock position at which the second connector is disengaged from the frame,
the lock lever has a first engaged part, an elastic part elastically deformable in the first direction, and a second engaged part formed in the elastic part,
the frame has a first engaging part including a first hole formed through a sidewall of the frame of the first connector and a second engaging part including a second hole formed through the sidewall of the frame of the first connector,
in a locked state where the lock lever is at the lock position, the first engaging part engages with the first engaged part to regulate separation of the first connector and the second connector in the second direction, and
the elastic part elastically deforms in the first direction in the locked state.