US 12,218,453 B2
Connector
Seiji Kozono, Kakegawa (JP); Yoshitaka Tsushima, Fujieda (JP); and Masaya Okamoto, Fujieda (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/857,750.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-112928 (JP), filed on Jul. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0009521 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/447 (2006.01); H01R 13/453 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4532 (2013.01) [H01R 13/447 (2013.01); H01R 13/453 (2013.01); H01R 13/4536 (2013.01); H01R 13/4538 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a first connector; and
a second connector, wherein
the first connector and the second connector are fitted and electrically connected to each other,
the first connector includes:
a first housing that houses a first connection terminal; and
a protruding portion that protrudes from the first housing toward the second connector along a connector fitting direction,
the second connector includes:
a second housing that houses a second connection terminal and has a front surface opening to which the first connector is fitted;
a cover including a cover portion that covers the front surface opening, a rotation shaft that rotatably supports the cover portion between a position where the cover portion covers the front surface opening and a position where the cover portion does not cover the front surface opening, and an abutted portion with which the protruding portion abuts; and
a slide mechanism that slides the rotation shaft with respect to the second housing toward the first connector in response to pressing the first housing to the second housing, and
after the rotation shaft is slid toward the first connector with the slide mechanism, the protruding portion presses the abutted portion such that the cover portion is rotated to the position where the cover portion does not cover the front surface opening.