Electrical connectors – With coupling separator – Including retainer or joiner
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Patel, T C (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
With coupling separator
Including retainer or joiner
Reexamination Certificate
active
07976322
ABSTRACT:
A lever fitting type connector includes a male connector, a lever which is rotatably attached to the male connector, and a female connector which has a fitting space into which the male connector is inserted. The lever has a fulcrum protrusion provided on one end portion of the lever. An inner wall forming the fitting space of the female connector has a guiding groove portion and a receiving groove portion for receiving the fulcrum protrusion. The guiding groove portion extends in a fitting direction of the male connector with respect to the female connector from an upper end portion of the inner wall toward the inside of the fitting space. The receiving groove portion which is communicated with the guiding groove portion and extends in a direction intersecting the fitting direction from one end of the guiding groove portion which is away from the upper portion of the inner wall. The fulcrum protrusion is positioned to the inside of the receiving groove portion at a time when an unrotatable state of the lever is released.
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Office Action issued Nov. 9, 2010 in counterpart German Application No. 102009008109.7.
Matsumura Kaoru
Sugiyama Koichi
Tsuruta Akihiro
Chambers Travis
Patel T C
Sughrue & Mion, PLLC
Yazaki -Corporation
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