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Feeding connector

  • US 5,417,579 A
  • Filed: 09/14/1994
  • Issued: 05/23/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A feeder connector including a feeding-side connector provided on the side of a feeder apparatus and a receiving-side connector provided on a vehicle body or the like, the feeding-side connector comprising;

  • a casing,a connector body slidably installed in a front half section of said casing and accommodating a plurality of terminals,a handle mounted in a rear half section of said casing,a lever which is rotatably supported at an intermediate portion thereof in said casing, and having a working portion at one side thereof extended to be pivotably attached to one of said handle and said connector body, and also having an operating portion at the other side thereof extended outside said casing, said lever, when rotated, causing the handle to move forwardly to bring said connector body into engagement with a mating connector body of said receiving-side connectora primary locking means for locking said lever in such a position that said connector body and said mating connector body are maintained engaged with each other,a secondary locking means for locking said primary locking means in the locked state, said secondary locking means comprising an electromagnetic coil provided at a position offset from a fitting axis of said connector body, anda means for releasing said lever from a primarily locked state thereof after said primary locking means is released from said secondary locking means through de-energizing of said electromagnetic coil.

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