US 12,431,659 B2
Connector with simultaneously operable caps
Yusuke Aoki, Kakegawa (JP); Takashi Tsukamoto, Kakegawa (JP); Naoto Ikeya, Kakegawa (JP); Hidetaka Hondo, Sagamihara (JP); and Miyu Komura, Sagamihara (JP)
Assigned to YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/457,243.
Application 18/457,243 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/040845, filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-179594 (JP), filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0402784 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/453 (2006.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/4532 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6395 (2013.01); B60L 53/16 (2019.02)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector comprising:
a housing having a first connection portion and a second connection portion adjacent to the first connection portion;
a first cap pivotally supported by the housing to be displaceable between an open position where the first connection portion is exposed to the outside and a closed position where the first connection portion is shielded from the outside;
a second cap pivotally supported by the housing to be displaceable between an open position where the second connection portion is exposed to the outside and a closed position where the second connection portion is shielded from the outside;
a first lock rotatably supported by the housing to lock the first cap when the first cap is located at the closed position; and
a second lock rotatably supported by the housing to lock the second cap when the second cap is located at the closed position,
wherein the second lock has a power transmission portion configured to transmit a rotational force in a lock releasing direction of the second lock to the first lock as a rotational force in a lock releasing direction of the first lock such that the first cap and the second cap are integrally displaced to the open position.