US 12,424,786 B2
Connector fitting structure
Takenori Ohmura, Kakegawa (JP); Yoshitaka Tsushima, Kakegawa (JP); Seiji Kozono, Kakegawa (JP); and Masaya Okamoto, Kakegawa (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/335,104.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-106558 (JP), filed on Jun. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0006800 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/641 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/502 (2013.01) [H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 13/641 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector fitting structure comprising:
a first connector including:
a first housing that accommodates a first connection terminal; and
a guide groove provided in the first housing;
a second connector including:
a second housing that accommodates a second connection terminal;
a guide protrusion portion that is inserted into the guide groove; and
a connector cover pivotable between a closed position that covers an opening to an accommodation space for the second connection terminal of the second housing and an open position that does not cover the opening, wherein:
the first connector and the second connector are fitted and electrically connected to each other; and
the guide protrusion portion is provided on the connector cover, accommodated in the second housing when the connector cover is in the closed position, and exposed outside the second housing and extended along a fitting direction of the first connector and the second connector when the connector cover is in the open position.