A connector including: a housing; a cover that is fixed to the housing so as to cover an opening of the housing; a slider that is housed within the housing, is provided so as to be slidable along the housing, and is configured to slide so that the housing is fitted to the partner connector; an operation-target part configured to slide the slider upon being operated; and a lock mechanism that includes a slider engagement part that is formed on the slider, and a second cover engagement part that is formed on the cover, and is configured such that the slide engagement part engages with the second cover engagement part in a situation where fitting of the housing and the partner connector to each other is complete, so that the cover is prevented from being separated from the slider.

A lever-type connector includes a housing having support holes; a fitting part provided inside the housing and fitted in a counterpart connector; a lever that includes a pair of plate-like portions facing each other in an opposed manner, a connection portion connecting the pair of plate-like portions with each other, and projection portions provided respective outside surfaces of the pair of plate-like portions, the lever being rotatably supported by the housing while the projection portions are engaged with the support holes; and sliding members each includes a guide portion that is slidably supported by the housing and engaged with a part to be guided provided to the counterpart connector, the sliding members being slid depending on a rotation of the lever to depress the part to be guided by way of the guide portion and fit the counterpart connector in the fitting part.

A lever-type connector (10) includes wires (24), a housing (14), a cover (32), a lever (16) and a binding band (44). The lever (16) is mounted on the housing (14) for rotation between connection start and connection end positions. The cover (32) includes a wire draw-out portion (34) for bending the wires (24) pulled from the housing (14) and a wire fixing portion (36) for fixing the wires (24) to the wire draw-out portion (34). The wire fixing portion (36) includes a first side wall (38) on an inner side, a second side wall (40) on an outer side and a bottom wall (42) between the first and second side walls (38, 40). Contact of the lever (16) with the second side wall (40) stops rotation at the connection start position. The bottom wall (42) includes two band insertion holes (46) through which the binding band (44) is inserted.

An ECU assembly includes one or more electrical connectors received in a protective cover. The cover includes an introduction aperture through which the connector or connectors can be introduced into the cover, and at least one connection aperture through which the or each connector is connected to the ECU. A retaining portion of the cover at each connection aperture is interposed between the respective connector and the ECU to retain the cover to the ECU in its use position.

A universal DC power adaptor for a PRC-148 radio, a PRC-152 radio, a Handheld ISR Transceiver, and similar devices and a method of using the same, is disclosed. The universal DC power adaptor includes mounting and locking features that are common to both the PRC-148 radio and the PRC-152 radio. The universal DC power adaptor further includes certain mounting and locking features that are unique to the PRC-148 radio and other mounting and locking features that are unique to the PRC-152 radio. The universal DC power adaptor also provides an output voltage suitable for both the PRC-148 and PRC-152 radios. Such features also are compatible with the Handheld ISR Transceiver, making the universal DC power adaptor compatible with the ISR Transceiver as well. Additionally, the universal DC power adaptor includes programmable control electronics.

A lever (24) is formed with a separating cam surface (30) and an escaping space (31) disposed in a region more distant from a rotary shaft (13) than the separating cam surface (30). The separating cam surface (30) presses cam projections (23) of a moving plate (18) in a direction away from the rotary shaft (13) to separate both housings (10, 40) in the process of rotating the lever (24) to an initial position with the both housings (10, 40) connected. The cam projections (23) are accommodated into the escaping space (31) while being separated from the separating cam surface (30) in the process of rotating the lever (24) from the initial position to a connection position with the both housings (10, 40) separated and the moving plate (18) located at a protection position.

A connector matable along a mating axis with a mating connector includes an inner housing element having a receptacle, an outer housing element movable along the mating axis to the inner housing element from an unmated position of the outer housing element to a mated position of the outer housing element, and a coupling element with a hollow receiving and coupling with a plug of the mating connector. The coupling element is arranged inside the receptacle of the inner housing element and is movable along the mating axis from an unmated position of the coupling element to a mated position of the coupling element. The coupling element is connected to the outer housing element by a motion-reversing mechanical system and movement of the outer housing element in one direction along the mating axis moves the coupling element in an opposite direction relative to the inner housing element.

In a connector that includes a slider having a cam groove which a boss of a mating connector is to enter and a lever making the slider perform an operation, sliders are positioned in a space between an inner housing and an outer housing, and a protrusion is formed on one of the sliders and the inner housing and a concave portion is formed on the other. In a separation state from the mating connector, the sliders are pushed by spring pieces to be in a locked state, in which the protrusion enters the concave portion, and accordingly, the sliding operation and the operation of a lever are both blocked. When fitting with the mating connector is started, the sliders are pushed by the mating connector, and accordingly, the sliders are displaced in directions separating from the inner housing, and the locked state is released.

An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a landing pad having a mating portion configured to mate with a mating feature of a removable element as the removable element approaches the landing pad in a first direction. The apparatus also includes a mount along which the landing pad is movable in a second direction. A lever is positionable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, the lever being coupled to the landing pad for translating the landing pad along the mount in the second direction during movement thereof from the disengaged position toward the engaged position. The first direction is different than the second direction.

A connector with booster mechanism includes a housing, an operation lever rotatably mounted on the housing and including an arm portion, a drive gear integrally rotatably provided on the operation lever, a speed-reduction member rotatably mounted on the housing, and a slider. The drive gear is coaxial with a rotation center shaft and disposed at a position different from the arm portion in an axial direction of the rotation center shaft. The speed-reduction member includes a large-diameter gear to be meshed with the drive gear and a small-diameter gear having a smaller diameter than the large-diameter gear and coaxial with the large-diameter gear. The slider includes a rack to be meshed with the small-diameter gear and is mounted on the housing movably in a direction intersecting a connecting direction to a mating connector.