Patent ID: 9564710
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A lever connector comprising: a plug including: a plug contact including a plug contact portion; a plug housing that holds the plug contact; and a lever that is rotatably attached to the plug housing; and a receptacle including: a receptacle contact including a receptacle contact portion capable of coming into contact with the plug contact portion; and a receptacle housing that holds the receptacle contact, the plug and the receptacle being pulled together by rotation of the lever in a first rotation direction, wherein the receptacle housing formed with a rack having a plurality of surfaces, one of the surfaces having a receptacle driving surface that faces in a separating direction, the separating direction being opposite to an approaching direction in which the plug is caused to approach the receptacle so as to mate the plug with the receptacle, in a first state where the plug confronts the receptacle so as to mate the plug with the receptacle, a first distance between the lever driven surface and the receptacle driving surface is smaller than a second distance between the plug contact portion and the receptacle contact portion, the first distance being equal to a distance of the movement of the plug toward the receptacle until the lever driven surface is brought into contact with the receptacle driving surface from the first state, the second distance being equal to a distance of the movement of the plug toward the receptacle until the plug contact portion is brought into contact with the receptacle contact portion from the first state, and when the plug is moved toward the receptacle, the lever driven surface is first brought into contact with the receptacle driving surface to cause the lever to rotate, in the first rotation direction, and after that, the plug contact portion is brought into contact with the receptacle contact portion.