Patent ID: 9553393
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A lever-type connector, comprising: a female housing including a block-like terminal accommodating portion and a substantially rectangular tubular fitting surrounding the terminal accommodating portion; a lever in the form of a single plate formed with a cam groove and rotatably accommodated in a lever accommodating portion of the tubular fitting; a male housing including a substantially rectangular tubular receptacle; a cam follower formed on an outer surface of the receptacle; the female and male housings being set in an initial state when the receptacle is accommodated shallowly into a connection space between the terminal accommodating portion and the tubular fitting and the cam follower is inserted into an entrance of the cam groove, the female and male housings being connected by a cam action by engagement of the cam groove and the cam follower when the lever is rotated from the initial state, the tubular fitting having an outer regulating wall arranged on a side opposite to the lever accommodating portion across the terminal accommodating portion; the receptacle having an inner regulating wall arranged along the outer regulating wall; the receptacle further having a facing wall arranged along the lever accommodating portion and facing the inner regulating wall; and the inner regulating wall having an inner surface formed with at least one regulating protrusion; wherein posture inclination between the female and male housings is regulated by contact of a tip outer edge of the inner regulating wall and an inner surface of the outer regulating wall and by contact of a tip outer edge of the terminal accommodating portion and the at least one regulating protrusion when an outer surface of the facing wall is not in contact with the lever accommodating portion in the process of rotating the lever.