US 12,149,025 B2
Connector set and connector
Chikara Ito, Mie (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/615,290
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/017158
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/241118, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-101371 (JP), filed on May 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0200200 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 12/79 (2011.01); H01R 13/631 (2006.01); H01R 13/639 (2006.01); H01R 13/641 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6272 (2013.01) [H01R 12/79 (2013.01); H01R 13/631 (2013.01); H01R 13/639 (2013.01); H01R 13/641 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector set comprising:
a first connector having:
a first housing, and
a first terminal held in the first housing;
a second connector having:
a second housing to be fitted to the first housing, and
a second terminal held in the second housing and to come in conduction with the first terminal in a state where the first housing and the second housing are fitted together; and
a slide member held in one housing out of the first housing and the second housing to be slidable between a first position and a second position, wherein
the first housing includes:
a first housing main body holding the first terminal; and
a lever part provided continuously on the first housing main body and to move relative to the first housing main body,
the second housing includes:
a second housing main body holding the second terminal; and
a first engaging part to be engaged with the lever part in the state where the first housing and the second housing are fitted together and to maintain the fitting between the first housing and the second housing,
the slide member includes:
a main body part; and
a slide lock mechanism to interfere with a slide restrictor formed on the one housing, so that sliding of the slide member to the second position is restricted, in a state where the first housing and the second housing are not fitted together, and to release the interference with the slide restrictor, so that the sliding of the slide member to the second position is allowed, in the state where the first housing and the second housing are fitted together, wherein
the main body part is disposed so that, in a state where the slide member is held by the one housing, part of the main body part overlaps with an operation part of the lever part when viewed along a sliding axis of the slide member, and
a recess part recessed in an operation direction of the operation part is formed in the main body part, and
the slide lock mechanism includes an arm part extended in the sliding axis of the slide member and provided continuously on the main body part to be capable of elastically deforming; wherein
a protrusion to be capable of coming into contact with the slide restrictor, and a second engaging part, which differs from the protrusion, being locked to a locked part formed on the other housing to restrict the sliding of the slide member to the first position when the slide member is slid to the second position, are formed on the arm part.