EP3232518B1 - Connecteur électrique - Google Patents

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EP3232518B1
EP3232518B1 EP17159798.2A EP17159798A EP3232518B1 EP 3232518 B1 EP3232518 B1 EP 3232518B1 EP 17159798 A EP17159798 A EP 17159798A EP 3232518 B1 EP3232518 B1 EP 3232518B1
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Yusuke Obata
Nobuyasu Oiri
Masakazu Kuroiwa
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62977—Pivoting levers actuating linearly camming means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62944—Pivoting lever comprising gear teeth
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62955—Pivoting lever comprising supplementary/additional locking means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62905—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances comprising a camming member
    • H01R13/62922—Pair of camming plates

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  • This invention relates to a connector which is changeable, by turning a lever, between a mated state that the connector is mated with a mating connector and a removable state that the connector is removable from the mating connector.
  • a connector assembly 90 disclosed in JPA 2015-122182 has a connector 900 and a mating connector 950.
  • the connector 900 has a housing 910, a cover 920, a lever 930 and sliders 940.
  • the cover 920 is attached to the housing 910.
  • the lever 930 is attached to the cover 920 to be rotatable within a predetermined range.
  • the sliders 940 are accommodated in the housing 910 at least in part to be movable in a front-rear direction.
  • the lever 930 and the sliders 940 are combined with each other to be interlocked with each other. In detail, the lever 930 and the sliders 940 are combined so that turning the lever 930 in a rotational direction moves the sliders 940 in the front-rear direction.
  • the sliders 940 are formed with a plurality of cam grooves 942 (one of them is shown in Fig. 22 ).
  • the mating connector 950 is formed with a plurality of bosses 952 (three of them are shown in Fig. 22 ).
  • the cam grooves 942 correspond to the bosses 952, respectively.
  • the bosses 952 of the mating connector 950 are inserted into the cam grooves 942 of the sliders 940.
  • any part of the connector can be worn down by rubbing against neighboring parts thereof when the part is rattled by the vibration.
  • the wear of the part causes malfunction of the connector, furthermore, causes malfunction of a product using the connector. Accordingly, it is necessary to prevent the part from being rattled.
  • Patent Literature 1 shows nothing to prevent the part from being rattled.
  • the regulating portion regulates the regulated portion to limit movement of the lever for the initial position while the press mechanism presses the regulated portion against the regulating portion to prevent the lever from being rattled.
  • the retain mechanism retains the slider in the front-end position to prevent the slider from being rattled.
  • a connector assembly 10 has a connector 30 and a mating connector 50.
  • the connector 30 is mateable with and removable from the mating connector 50 along an up-down direction.
  • the connector 30 is a socket connector while the mating connector 50 is a pin connector.
  • the up-down direction is a Z-direction. A positive Z-direction is upward while a negative Z-direction is downward.
  • the mating connector 50 has a plurality of mating contacts 500 and a mating housing 600 which holds the mating contacts 500.
  • the mating housing 600 is provided with a plurality of camshafts (force receiving portions) 604.
  • the mating housing 600 has two side surfaces 602 positioned in a right-left direction. Each of the side surfaces 602 is provided with two camshafts 604 which protrude outward therefrom in the right-left direction.
  • the two camshafts 604 provided on each of the side surfaces 602 are arranged apart from each other in a front-rear direction.
  • One of the camshafts 604 formed on one of the side surfaces 602 and one of the camshafts 604 formed on the other of the side surfaces 602 make one pair.
  • the mating housing 600 of the present embodiment has two pairs of the camshafts 604.
  • the camshafts 604 making one pair are identical with each other when seen along the right-left direction.
  • the front-rear direction is an X-direction orthogonal to the up-down direction. A positive X-direction is forward while a negative X-direction is rearward.
  • the right-left direction is a Y-direction orthogonal to both of the up-down direction and the front-rear direction.
  • the connector 30 is provided with a plurality of contacts 100, a housing 200, a lever 300 and a pair of sliders 400 (402, 404).
  • the connector 30 is provided with a press mechanism and a retain mechanism (spring portions 340).
  • the housing 200 has a housing body 210 and a cover 270.
  • the housing body 210 has a contact holding portion 212 and a wall portion 220.
  • the contact holding portion 212 holds the contacts 100.
  • the wall portion 220 surrounds a periphery of the contact holding portion 212.
  • the cover 270 is attached to an upper part of the housing body 210 and opens frontward.
  • the cover 270 is provided with stoppers 272 which protrude outward therefrom in the right-left direction.
  • the contact holding portion 212 of the housing body 210 has an approximately rectangular-parallelepiped shape which is long in the front-rear direction.
  • the contact holding portion 212 is provided with a plurality of holding holes 214 which hold the contacts 100, respectively.
  • the holding holes 214 are arranged to correspond to arrangement of the mating contacts 500 of the mating connector 50.
  • the holding holes 214 pierce the contact holding portion 212 in the up-down direction.
  • the contacts 100 held in the holding holes 214 are connected with wirings (not shown), respectively. The wirings are routed out upward of the contact holding portion 212 and led forward by the cover 270.
  • the wall portion 220 of the housing body 210 has a pair of inner sidewalls 222, a pair of outer sidewalls 224, a front wall 226 and a rear wall 228.
  • the inner sidewalls 222 are located outward of the contact holding portion 212 in the right-left direction.
  • the outer sidewalls 224 are located outward of the inner sidewalls 222 in the right-left direction.
  • Each of the inner sidewalls 222 and the outer sidewall 224 adjacent thereto are disposed at a predetermined interval.
  • the front wall 226 is positioned forward of the contact holding portion 212 and connects the inner sidewalls 222 and the outer sidewalls 224 to one another at their front ends.
  • the rear wall 228 is positioned rearward of the contact holding portion 212 and connects the inner sidewalls 222 to each other at their rear ends.
  • the housing body 210 further has upper guide portions 242 and lower guide portions 244. Each of the upper guide portions 242 and the lower guide portions 244 connects each of the inner sidewall 222 and the outer sidewall 224 adjacent thereto to each other.
  • each of the front wall 226 and the rear wall 228 is connected to the contact holding portion 212 in an upper side upper than a middle of the contact holding portion 212 in the up-down direction.
  • the inner sidewalls 222 are connected to the contact holding portion 212.
  • a receiving portion 252 is formed between the contact holding portion 212 and surrounding walls, i.e. the inner sidewalls 222, the front wall 226 and the rear wall 228, and is positioned below connecting parts between the contact holding portion 212 and the surrounding walls.
  • the receiving portion 252 receives a mating housing 600 of the mating connector 50 in part when the connector 30 is mated with the mating connector 50.
  • a lever accommodation portion 254 and a slider accommodation portion 256 are formed between each of the inner sidewalls 222 and the outer sidewall 224 adjacent thereto.
  • the lever accommodation portion 254 rotatably accommodates the lever 300 in part.
  • the slider accommodation portion 256 accommodates the slider 400 (402 or 404) in part to allow the slider 400 to be movable in the front-rear direction.
  • the lever accommodation portion 254 and the slider accommodation portion 256 communicate with each other in the up-down direction except for some parts.
  • the upper guide portions 242 partition the lever accommodation portion 254 from the slider accommodation portion 256 in part.
  • the lower guide portions 244 define a bottom of the slider accommodation portion 256.
  • the upper guide portions 242 and the lower guide portions 244 guide front-rear-direction movement of the slider 400 accommodated in the slider accommodation portion 256.
  • the inner sidewalls 222 are further provided with rotational shafts 232 protruding outward therefrom in the right-left direction.
  • the rotational shafts 232 are positioned in the lever accommodation portions 254.
  • the rear wall 228 is provided with a lock portion (a regulating portion) 234.
  • the lock portion 234 protrudes rearward from the rear wall 228.
  • the inner sidewalls 222, the outer sidewalls 224, the front wall 226, the rear wall 228, the upper guide portions 242 and the lower guide portions 244 are formed integrally with one another. Specifically, they are integrally molded using a resin (a first resin). This is for reducing the number of parts, simplifying manufacturing process and reducing manufacturing costs.
  • the wall portion 220 may be molded integrally with at least a part of the contact holding portion 212 using common material.
  • the lever 300 has an operation portion 310 and a pair of arm portions 320.
  • the operation portion 310 extends in the right-left direction.
  • the arm portions 320 extend from both ends of the operation portion 310 in a direction orthogonal to the right-left direction.
  • each of the arm portions 320 is formed with a shaft hole 322 in a vicinity of an end of the arm portion 320.
  • the shaft hole 322 pierces the arm portion 320 in the right-left direction.
  • the arm portions 320 have inner surfaces facing each other in the right-left direction.
  • Each of the inner surfaces of the arm portions 320 is formed with a guide groove 324 extending from an edge of the arm portion 320 to the shaft hole 322.
  • the guide grooves 324 extend in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction (a longitudinal direction) of the arm portions 320. In other words, the guide grooves 324 extend in the up-down direction when the longitudinal direction of the arm portions 320 coincides with the front-rear direction.
  • the guide grooves 324 guide rotational shafts 232 provided to the housing 200 to the shaft holes 322 upon attaching the lever 300 to the housing 200.
  • the shaft holes 322 receive the rotational shafts 232 so that the lever 300 is rotatably attached to the housing 200.
  • the lever 300 in a state that the lever 300 is attached to the housing 200, the lever 300 is rotatable about the rotational shafts 232.
  • the lever 300 of the present embodiment is rotatable between an initial position shown in Figs. 1 , 2 , 5 and 6 and a mated position shown in Figs. 7 to 12 .
  • the lever 300 is partly accommodated in the lever accommodation portions 254 in a state that the lever 300 is attached to the housing 200.
  • the ends of the arm portions 320 are always positioned in the lever accommodation portions 254.
  • a ratio of parts of the arm portions 320 that are accommodated in the lever accommodation portion 254 becomes maximum.
  • the operation portion 310 is always positioned outside the lever accommodation portions 254.
  • each of the arm portions 320 further has a pinion portion 330.
  • the pinion portion 330 has a plurality of teeth 332.
  • the teeth 332 are arranged to surround partly a periphery of the shaft hole 322 when seen along the right-left direction.
  • the arm portion 320 further has a plate-like member 334.
  • the plate-like member 334 connects the teeth 332 of the pinion portion 330 to one another to reinforce the teeth 332.
  • the plate-like member 334 is provided on one of side surfaces of the pinion portion 330. In other words, the plate-like members 334 of the arm portions 320 are located inward of two sets of the teeth 332 in the right-left direction.
  • each of the arm portions 320 is provided with the spring portion 340.
  • the spring portion 340 functions as both of the press mechanism and the retain mechanism.
  • the lever 300 when the lever 300 is positioned in the mated position, the lever 300 has a middle and a front end in the front-rear direction between which the spring portion 340 is positioned.
  • the spring portion 340 is positioned between the middle and the front end of the lever 300 in the front-rear direction.
  • the spring portion 340 is positioned below the arm portion 320 and rearward of the pinion portion 330.
  • the spring portion 340 is positioned on a plane (an XZ plane) same as a plane on which the pinion portion 330 is located. As shown partially enlarged in Fig. 15 , in a state that a longitudinal direction of the lever 300 coincides with the front-rear direction, the spring portion 340 diagonally extends frontward and downward from a base (a root or a start point) 342 thereof and then extends frontward to a tip 344 thereof. As understood from Figs. 11 and 15 , a shaft center of the rotational shaft 232 and the tip 344 of the spring portion 340 define a first distance L1 therebetween.
  • the shaft center of the rotational shaft 232 and the base 342 of the spring portion 340 define a second distance L2 therebetween.
  • the shaft center of the rotational shaft 232 and a tip of any one of the teeth 332 of the pinion portion 330 define a third distance L3 therebetween.
  • the first distance L1 is equal to or shorter than the second distance L2 (L1 ⁇ L2).
  • the first distance L1 is equal to or shorter than the third distance L3 (L1 ⁇ L3).
  • the tip 344 of the spring portion 340 is always hidden behind a part of the housing 200, i.e. the outer sidewall 224, when seen along the right-left direction. All these conditions about the tip 344 of the spring portion 340 are for protecting the tip 344 of the spring portion 340.
  • the operation portion 310, the arm portions 320, the pinion portions 330, the plate-like members 334 and the spring portions 340 are integrally formed. Specifically, they are integrally molded using a resin (a second resin). This is for reducing the number of parts, simplifying manufacturing process and reducing manufacturing costs.
  • the second resin may be same as or different from the first resin.
  • the lever 300 is partly reduced in thickness to reduce weight thereof. Accordingly, the lever 300 has a lattice pattern on a surface thereof.
  • the operation portion 310 is provided with a supporting portion 312 and a locked portion (a regulated portion) 314 supported by the supporting portion 312.
  • the supporting portion 312 and the locked portion 314 are positioned in a middle of the operation portion 310 in the right-left direction.
  • the locked portion 314 protrudes from a surface of the supporting portion 312 in a direction of the ends of the arm portions 320.
  • the locked portion 314 is caught by the lock portion 234 provided to the housing 200.
  • the lock portion 234 regulates the locked portion 314 to limit movement (turn), directed to the initial position, of the lever 300.
  • the locked portion 314 is movable at least in the front-rear direction due to resilient deformation of the supporting portion 312 when the lever 300 is positioned in the mated position.
  • the supporting portion 312 supports the locked portion 314 so that the locked portion 314 is movable at least in the front-rear direction when the lever 300 is positioned in the mated position.
  • the lever 300 is allowed to turn (move) to the initial position.
  • an end 316 of the supporting portion 312 functions as a releasing portion which releases the regulation of the regulated portion (the locked portion 314) by the regulating portion (the lock portion 234).
  • each of the sliders 400 has an approximately rectangular-flat-plate shape when seen along the right-left direction.
  • the slider 400 has an inner side surface oriented inward of the connector 30 in the right-left direction.
  • the inner side surface of the slider 400 is formed with a plurality of cam grooves (force transmission portions) 420.
  • the slider 400 is formed with two cam grooves 420. It should be noted that the cam grooves 420 may pierce the slider 400 in the right-left direction.
  • the two cam grooves 420 correspond to the two camshafts 604 provided on any one of the side surfaces 602 of the mating housing 600 of the mating connector 50.
  • the connector 30 of the present embodiment has two pairs of the cam grooves 420.
  • the cam grooves 420 of each of the sliders 400 are arranged apart from each other in the front-rear direction.
  • Each of the cam grooves 420 opens downward at one end (a lower end) thereof.
  • the cam groove 420 extends upward from the one end, and then diagonally extends rearward and upward, and further extends rearward.
  • the cam grooves 420 transmit up-down-direction force to the camshafts 604 of the mating connector 50 according to the front-rear-direction movement of the sliders 400 to move the mating connector 50 in the up-down direction against the connector 30.
  • each of the sliders 400 further has a rack portion 410.
  • the rack portion 410 has a plurality of teeth 412 arranged along the front-rear direction.
  • the slider 400 further has a plate-like member 414 connecting the teeth 412 of the rack portion 410 to one another to reinforce the teeth 412.
  • the plate-like member 414 is provided on an outer-side surface of the teeth 412 in the right-left direction.
  • the rack portion 410 is formed in a vicinity of an upper-front end of the slider 400.
  • the slider 400 is integrally formed with the rack portion 410 and the plate-like member 414.
  • the slider 400 is integrally molded using a resin (a third resin). This is for reducing the number of parts, simplifying manufacturing process and reducing manufacturing costs.
  • the third resin may be same as at least one of the first resin and the second resin or different from both of the first resin and the second resin.
  • the sliders 400 (402, 404) are attached to the housing 200 to be movable between a front-end position shown in Fig. 11 and a rear-end position shown in Fig. 5 .
  • One slider 402 and the other slider 404 are positioned to be identical with each other when seen along the right-left direction.
  • the rack portions 410 of the sliders 400 engage with the pinion portions 330 of the lever 300, respectively.
  • the rack portions 410 and the pinion portions 330 engage with each other so that the turn of the lever 300 is translated to the front-rear-direction movement of the sliders 400.
  • the sliders 400 are positioned in the rear-end position when the lever 300 is positioned in the initial position.
  • the sliders 400 are positioned in the front-end position when the lever 300 is positioned in the mated position. Accordingly, when the lever 300 turns from the initial position to the mated position, the sliders 400 are moved from the rear-end position to the front-end position in the front-rear direction. Inversely, when the lever 300 turns from the mated position to the initial position, the sliders 400 are moved from the front-end position to the rear-end position in the front-rear direction.
  • the sliders 400 are always positioned in the slider accommodation portions 256 between the front-end position and the rear-end position. In other words, each of the sliders 400 is always hidden by a part of the housing 200, especially any one of the outer sidewalls 224, when seen along the right-left direction.
  • each of the cam grooves 420 in a state that the lever 300 is in the initial position or that the sliders 400 are in the rear-end position, the lower end of each of the cam grooves 420 is positioned between two of the lower guide portions 244 which are adjacent to each other in the front-rear direction when seen along the up-down direction.
  • the cam grooves 420 can receive the camshafts 604 of the mating connector 50.
  • the connector 30 is in a mateable state that the connector 30 is mateable with the mating housing 600.
  • the spring portions 340 When the lever 300 is turned toward the mated position from the initial position, the spring portions 340 are brought into abutment with the sliders 400 and resiliently deformed as understood from Fig. 11 . When the lever 300 is in the mated position, the spring portions 340 are in a state that they are resiliently deformed. Reaction force of the spring portions 340 works to move the lever 300 and the sliders 400 away from each other. In other words, the spring portions 340 apply, to the lever 300, force of a direction directed toward the initial position from the mated position.
  • the locked portion 314 is pressed against the lock portion 234.
  • the lever 300 is prevented from being rattled.
  • the spring portions 340 function as the press mechanism which apply force to the lever 300 to press the regulated portion (the locked portion 314) against the regulating portion (the lock portion 234) when the lever 300 is in the mated state.
  • the spring portions 340 apply downward force to the sliders 400 to press the sliders 400 against the lower guide portions 244. As a result, frictional force between the sliders 400 and the lower guide portions 244 is increased, and the sliders 400 are retained in the front-end position.
  • the spring portions 340 also function as the retain mechanism which press the sliders 400 against the lower guide portions 244 to retain the sliders 400 in the front-end position when the lever 300 is in the mated state.
  • the spring portions 340 may be provided to the sliders 400 though the spring portions 340 are provided to the lever 300 in the present embodiment.
  • each of the spring portions 340 except for a part (a point of action) thereof must be positioned inward of an outer shape of the slider 400 to which the spring portion 340 is provided. Accordingly, providing the spring portion 340 to the slider 400 causes increasing the slider 400 in size. Therefore, it is preferable that the spring portions 340 are provided to the lever 300.
  • the spring portions 340 have a cantilever structure.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto.
  • the spring portions 340 may have a double-supported beam structure.
  • the spring portion 340 serves as both the press mechanism and the retain mechanism, and the press mechanism and the retain mechanism are unified.
  • the press mechanism and the retain mechanism may be provided as distinct bodies separated from each other.
  • each of the press mechanism and the retain mechanism may be provided to any one of the housing 200, the lever 300 and the slider 400.
  • each of the press mechanism and the retain mechanism may not be something that uses large resilient deformation like the spring portion 340.
  • each of the press mechanism and the retain mechanism may be a protrusion which can apply force to the lever 300 or the slider 400.
  • a direction in which each of the press mechanism and the retain mechanism acts is not limited to the up-down direction but may be the right-left direction.
  • the mating connector 50 is pushed downward in a direction away from the connector 30.
  • the lever 300 reaches the initial position, the sliders 400 are moved to the rear-end position.
  • the camshafts 604 reach the mating start position in the cam grooves 420.
  • the contacts 100 and the mating contacts 500 are separated from each other.
  • the mating connector 50 comes into a removable state (the mateable state) that the mating connector 50 is removable form the connector 30. Then, the connector 30 can be easily removed from the mating connector 50.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto but susceptible of various modifications and alternative forms.
  • the regulating portion (the lock portion 234) and the regulated portion (the locked portion 314) are provided to the rear wall 228 and the operation portion 310, respectively, in the aforementioned embodiment, the regulating portion may be provided on either the inner sidewall 222 or the outer sidewall 224 while the regulated portion may be provided to the arm portion 320.
  • the regulating portion considering a balance of force applied to the lever 300, it is desirable that a plurality of the regulated portions is provided to the pair of the arm portions 320 to be arranged symmetrically. Accordingly, providing the regulated portions on the arm portions 320 complicates structure of the connector 30 and releasing operation thereof. Therefore, like the present embodiment, it is desirable to provide the regulated portion in the middle of the operation portion 310 in the right-left direction.
  • the releasing portion (the end 316 of the supporting portion 312) is provided to the lever 300 in the aforementioned embodiment, the releasing portion may be provided to the housing 200.
  • the regulated portion (the locked portion 314) may be directly provided to the operation portion 310 without being supported by the supporting portion 312, and the regulating portion (the lock portion 234) may be supported by the supporting portion to be provided to the rear wall 228.
  • rotational shafts 232 are provided to the housing 200 while the shaft holes 322 and the guide grooves 324 are provided to the lever 300 in the aforementioned embodiment, the shaft holes 322 and the guide grooves 324 may be provided to the housing 200 while the rotational shafts (shafts) 232 may be provided to the lever 300. Also in this case, the guide grooves 324 guide the rotational shafts 232 into the shaft holes 322 when the lever 300 is attached to the housing 200.
  • cam grooves 420 are provided to the connector 30 while the camshafts 604 are provided to the mating connector 50 in the aforementioned embodiment, the camshafts 604 may be provided to the connector 30 while the cam grooves 420 may be provided to the mating connector 50.

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  1. Connecteur (30) configuré pour être accouplé avec et pour être retiré d'un connecteur d'accouplement (50) dans une direction haut-bas (Z), dans lequel :
    le connecteur d'accouplement (50) comprend une pluralité d'arbres à cames (604) ;
    le connecteur (30) comprend un logement (200), un levier (300), un coulisseau (400), un mécanisme de presse et un mécanisme de retenue ;
    le logement (200) est doté d'une section de régulation (234) ;
    le levier (300) est attaché au logement (200) pour pouvoir pivoter entre une position initiale et une position accouplée ;
    le levier (300) est doté d'une section régulée (314) ;
    le coulisseau (400) est attaché au logement (200) pour être mobile entre une position d'extrémité avant et une position d'extrémité arrière dans une direction avant-arrière (X) orthogonale à la direction haut-bas (Z) ;
    le levier (300) a une section pignon (330) ayant une pluralité de dents (332) ;
    le coulisseau (400) a une pluralité de chemins de cames (420) et une section crémaillère (410) ayant une pluralité de dents (412) ;
    la section pignon (330) et la section crémaillère (410) traduisent la rotation du levier (300) en un mouvement dans une direction avant-arrière (X) du coulisseau (400) par mise en prise l'une avec l'autre ;
    selon le mouvement dans la direction avant-arrière (X) du coulisseau (400), les chemins de cames (420) transmettent une force dans la direction haut-bas (Z) aux arbres à cames (604) du connecteur d'accouplement (50) pour déplacer relativement le connecteur d'accouplement (50) contre le connecteur (30) dans la direction haut-bas (Z) ;
    lorsque le levier (300) tourne de la position initiale à la position accouplée, le coulisseau (400) est déplacé de la position d'extrémité arrière à la position d'extrémité avant dans la direction avant-arrière (X) ;
    lorsque le coulisseau (400) est déplacé de la position d'extrémité arrière à la position d'extrémité avant, le connecteur (30) entre dans un état accouplé dans lequel le connecteur (30) est accouplé avec le connecteur d'accouplement (50) ;
    lorsque le levier (300) tourne de la position accouplée à la position initiale, le coulisseau (400) est déplacé de la position d'extrémité avant à la position d'extrémité arrière dans la direction avant-arrière (X) ;
    lorsque le coulisseau (400) est déplacé de la position d'extrémité avant à la position d'extrémité arrière, le connecteur (30) entre dans un état retirable dans lequel le connecteur (30) est retirable du connecteur d'accouplement (50) ;
    lorsque le levier (300) est dans la position accouplée, la section de régulation (234) régule la section régulée (314) pour limiter le mouvement du levier (300) vers la position initiale ; et
    lorsque le levier (300) est dans la position accouplée, le mécanisme de retenue retient le coulisseau (400) dans la position d'extrémité avant, caractérisé en ce que
    lorsque le levier (300) est dans la position accouplée, le mécanisme de presse applique une force sur le levier (300) dans une direction dirigée vers la position initiale à partir de la position accouplée pour presser la section régulée (314) contre la section de régulation (234).
  2. Connecteur (30) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel :
    le mécanisme de presse et le mécanisme de retenue sont formés d'un seul tenant l'un avec l'autre ;
    le logement (200) est doté d'une section de guidage supérieure (242) et d'une section de guidage inférieure (244) qui guident le mouvement du coulisseau (400) ;
    lorsque le levier (300) est dans la position accouplée, le mécanisme de retenue presse le coulisseau (400) contre la section de guidage inférieure (244) pour retenir le coulisseau (400) dans la position d'extrémité avant.
  3. Connecteur (30) selon la revendication 2, dans lequel :
    le mécanisme de presse et le mécanisme de retenue sont prévus sous la forme d'une section à ressort (340) ; et
    la section à ressort (340) est formée soit sur le coulisseau (400) soit sur le levier (300).
  4. Connecteur (30) selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la section à ressort (340) est formée sur le levier (300).
  5. Connecteur (30) selon la revendication 4, dans lequel :
    le levier (300) tourne autour d'un arbre (232) ;
    l'arbre (232) a un centre d'arbre ;
    la section à ressort (340) a un bout (344) et une base (342) ;
    le centre d'arbre de l'arbre (232) et le bout (344) de la section à ressort (340) définissent une première distance (L1) entre ceux-ci ;
    le centre d'arbre de l'arbre (232) et la base (342) de la section à ressort (340) définissent une deuxième distance (L2) entre ceux-ci ; et
    la première distance (L1) est inférieure ou égale à la deuxième distance (L2).
  6. Connecteur (30) selon la revendication 5, dans lequel :
    les dents (332) de la section pignon (330) ont des bouts ;
    le centre d'arbre de l'arbre (232) et chacun des bouts des dents (332) de la section pignon (330) définissent une troisième distance (L3) entre ceux-ci ; et
    la première distance (L1) est inférieure ou égale à la troisième distance (L3).
  7. Connecteur (30) selon la revendication 5 ou 6, dans lequel :
    lorsqu'il est vu le long d'une direction droite-gauche (Y) orthogonale à la fois à la direction haut-bas (Z) et à la direction avant-arrière (X), le bout de la section à ressort (340) est toujours caché derrière une partie du logement (200).
  8. Connecteur (30) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 7, dans lequel la section pignon (330) est positionnée sur un plan identique (XZ) à un plan sur lequel la section à ressort (340) est située.
  9. Connecteur (30) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 4 à 8, dans lequel la section à ressort (340) est formée d'un seul tenant avec le levier (300).
  10. Connecteur (30) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9 ; dans lequel :
    lorsque le levier (300) est dans la position accouplée, le levier (300) a un milieu et une extrémité avant dans la direction avant-arrière (X) entre lesquels le mécanisme de retenue est positionné.
  11. Connecteur (30) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 10, dans lequel :
    le levier (300) est doté d'une section de support (312) qui supporte la section régulée (314) et une extrémité (316) de la section de support fonctionne comme une section de libération qui libère la régulation de la section régulée (314) causée par la section de régulation (234) ; et
    la section de libération est positionnée dans un milieu du levier (300) dans une direction droite-gauche (Y) orthogonale à la fois à la direction haut-bas (Z) et à la direction avant-arrière (X).
  12. Connecteur (30) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, dans lequel :
    le connecteur (30) a une paire des coulisseaux (400), et
    la paire des coulisseaux (400) a deux paires des chemins de cames (420).
  13. Connecteur (30) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 12, dans lequel :
    le logement (200) a un corps de logement (210) et un couvercle (270) ; et
    le levier (300) et le coulisseau (400) sont attachés au corps de logement.
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