Patent ID: 9306330
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A lever-type connector, comprising: a housing with a mating end that is connectable to a mating connector along a connecting direction, a wire draw-out surface opposite the mating end and outer side surfaces extending between the mating end and the wire draw-out surface; housing-side lock projections formed on the outer side surfaces of the housing; a wire cover assembled with the housing along an assembling direction that is substantially parallel to the connecting direction and covering at least parts of the wire draw-out surface and the side surfaces of the housing; cover-side lock projections formed on inner side surfaces of side walls of the wire cover and configured to lock the housing and the wire cover in an assembled state by engaging with the housing-side lock projections; a lever movably supported on the side walls of the cover and configured to display a cam action to assist connection of the housing with the mating housing of a mating connector; at least one guide rib formed on at least one of the outer side surfaces of the housing, extending substantially parallel to the assembling direction of the wire cover and having an undercut cross-sectional shape intersecting a length direction; and at least one guide groove formed in the inner side surface of the side wall of the cover, extending substantially parallel to the guide rib and having an undercut cross-sectional shape to be engageable with the guide rib; the housing-side lock projections and the cover-side lock projections being arranged in such a positional relationship as to be respectively located adjacent to the guide rib and the guide groove engaged therewith so that the undercut cross-sectional shapes of the engaged guide rib and guide groove keep the housing-side lock projections locked to the cover-side lock projections.