Patent ID: 6152644
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for connecting a first component to a second component in abutted contact therewith, the first component including a first axle extending from a first side of the first component, the device comprising:a first lever including rotating articulation means for providing rotating articulation carried on the first lever and cooperative with the first axle of the first component to be connected, the rotating articulation means including a first lever axle opening in which the first axle of the first component to be connected is rotatably receivable;the first lever further including a first holding element for engaging a first additional holding element when the first lever is rotated about the first axle of the first component to be connected in a direction of the second component to be connected, the first additional holding element extending from a first side of the second component to be connected facing a direction common with the first side of the first component to be connected when the first and second components are brought into abutted engagement for connection to one another;the first lever further including a first lever axle insertion cut-out continuous with the first lever axle opening configured to permit insertion therein of the first axle of the first component to be connected, a boundary of the first lever axle insertion cut-out being defined by two walls opposed to one another;one of the two walls presenting an elastically deformable area therealong, the elastically deformable area being disposed in a region adjacent the first lever axle opening, a distance between at least a partial area of the elastically deformable area and a remaining one of the two walls across therefrom being shorter than a diameter of the first axle of the first component to be connected;the boundary of the first lever axle insertion cut-out being further defined by a first leg and a second leg formed on the first lever;wherein the elastically deformable area is provided on a wall of at least one of the first and second legs facing the first axle of the first component to be connected;wherein the first and second legs are connected to each other by a ridge, the ridge being defined by an end of the first lever to be bent away from the first component to be connected and provided with a hole continuous with the first lever axle insertion cut-out; andwherein one of the two walls delimiting the first lever axle insertion cut-out includes an indentation formed therein which defines a tongue-like part, the elastically deformable area being comprised of the tongue-like part.