US 11,888,260 B2
Connector having connection assisting slider mounted in housing
Daisuke Kataoka, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/666,186.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-019451 (JP), filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0255262 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/62938 (2013.01) [H01R 13/506 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector, comprising:
a first housing and a second housing to be connected to each other; and
a connection assisting slider to be mounted into the first housing,
wherein:
the second housing includes a cam pin,
the connection assisting slider includes a cam groove extending from an entrance open in a front surface of the connection assisting slider to a back end, the front surface of the connection assisting slider facing a front direction,
the cam groove has a connection cam surface to be pushed by the cam pin in the front direction toward the first housing and a recess connected to an end of the connection cam surface on a back end side of the cam groove, the recess being recessed in the front direction at a front portion of the back end side of the cam groove and extending more in the front direction than the end of the connection cam surface, and
when the first and second housings are in a connected state, the cam pin is positioned at the back end of the cam groove and the cam pin is arranged not to contact an inner surface of the recess.