Patent ID: 11916326
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A method for removing a connector set in which a plug connector and a receptacle connector are connected to each other,
the plug connector including
a housing, and
multiple plug terminals arranged in the housing,

the housing having at least
a base portion housing the multiple plug terminals,
a lock mechanism configured to be stopped at the receptacle connector when fitted in the receptacle connector, and
a pair of side portions each provided on both right and left sides of the base portion,

at least one of the pair of side portions having
a first surface extending upward, and
a second surface positioned forward of a back surface of the base portion and backward of the first surface and extending upward,

in a state in which the plug connector is fitted in the receptacle connector,
the second surface facing the receptacle connector through a clearance, and
the first surface being closer to the receptacle connector than the second surface is to the receptacle connector,

the receptacle connector having at least
a box-shaped body having an opening at a back surface, and
multiple receptacle terminals arranged in the opening of the body,

a stopping portion at which the lock mechanism is stoppable being provided at an inner wall surface positioned at an upper portion of the body,
in a state in which the plug connector is housed in the body, the multiple plug terminals being each electrically connected to the multiple receptacle terminals, the method comprising:
a tool arrangement step of setting a tool with a predetermined shape to the housing such that the tool is parallel with an upper surface of the base portion; and
an unlocking step of releasing the lock mechanism and the stopping portion provided at the body from each other by inserting part of the tool along the second surface and pressing down the lock mechanism by the tool.