US 12,444,882 B2
Connector assembly
Akira Kimura, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,244.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-034195 (JP), filed on Mar. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283012 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 13/193 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/52 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/62938 (2013.01) [H01R 4/489 (2013.01); H01R 13/193 (2013.01); H01R 13/2407 (2013.01); H01R 13/5202 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
a first connector including a first insulator and a first contact, the first contact being held by the first insulator;
a second connector including a second insulator and a second contact and being fitted to the first connector along a fitting direction, the second contact being held by the second insulator;
a lever member held by one of the first insulator and the second insulator in a rotatable manner about a rotational axis:
a rotational shaft member extending along the rotational axis and rotating in accordance with rotation of the lever member, the rotational shaft member including a cam surface for pressing the first contact and the second contact against each other; and
a cam mechanism moving the first insulator and the second insulator relatively along the fitting direction in conjunction with rotation of the lever member,
wherein, when the lever member is rotated from an initial rotation position to a first rotation position with the second insulator being situated at a start-of-fitting position with respect to the first insulator, the cam mechanism moves the second insulator to a fitting position along the fitting direction, and when the lever member is further rotated from the first rotation position to a second rotation position, the first contact and the second contact are brought into contact with each other with a predetermined contact pressure due to the cam surface of the rotational shaft member while the second insulator is kept at the fitting position.