Patent ID: 6623286
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lever-type connector, comprising:a housing having opposite first and second sides, first and second supporting walls supported in spaced relationship outwardly from the opposite respective first and second sides of the housing, rotation, first and second supports shafts projecting inwardly from the respective first and second supporting walls, such that each of said support shafts has a base end integral with the respective supporting wall and a projecting end spaced from the housing; a lever having an operable portion, first and second arms projecting from opposite ends of the operable portion, the arms having bearing holes rotatably engaging the supports shafts of the housing for rotation about the support shafts without translation relative to the support shafts, the arms of the lever having cam means for engaging corresponding cam structures on a mating connector for moving the mating connector relative to the housing in response to rotation of the lever; and wherein the supports of the housing and the bearing holes of the arms are inwardly of the supporting walls on the housing for limiting outward deformation of the arms away from one another.