CONNECTION DEVICE

To restrain unnecessary displacement of an operating unit in a state where the operating unit is connected to an electric wire.SOLUTION: In a connection device 1, an elastic member 4 presses an electric wire 91 against a terminal portion 31 with restoring force in a wire-connected state, and pinches the electric wire 91 between the elastic member 4 and the terminal portion 31. An operating unit 5 applies force to the elastic member 4 to maintain the electric wire 91 in a wire-unconnected state which is a state in which the elastic member 4 is more elastically deformed than the wire-connected state. In the connection device 1, when the state maintenance of the elastic member 4 by the operating unit 5 is released in a state where the electric wire 91 is inserted between a terminal portion 31 and the elastic member 4 under the wire-unconnected state, the operating unit 5 is moved to a predetermined retracted position by restoring force of the elastic member 4, and held by a holding mechanism 20 while the movement from the retracted position is restricted. Further, the elastic member 4 shifts from the wire-unconnected state to the wire-connected state, and presses the electric wire 91 against the terminal portion 31. This makes it possible to restrain unnecessary displacement of the operating unit 5 in a state where the electric wire 91 is connected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 14 【課題】電線が結線された状態における操作部の不要な変位を抑制する。【解決手段】接続機器１では、弾性部材４は、結線状態において復元力により電線９１を端子部３１に押し付けて、電線９１を弾性部材４と端子部３１との間に挟持する。操作部５は、弾性部材４に力を付与して結線状態よりも大きく弾性変形した状態である非結線状態にて維持する。接続機器１では、端子部３１と非結線状態の弾性部材４との間に電線９１が挿入された状態で、操作部５による弾性部材４の状態維持が解除されると、弾性部材４の復元力により、操作部５が所定の退避位置へと移動されて、退避位置からの移動が制限された状態にて保持機構２０により保持される。また、弾性部材４が、非結線状態から結線状態へと移行して、電線９１を端子部３１に押し付ける。これにより、電線９１が結線された状態における操作部５の不要な変位を抑制することができる。【選択図】図１４