Patent ID: 6224403
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lever-fitting type connector, comprising:a connector fittable to a mating connector, the connector having bosses formed thereon and slots extending in a fitting direction of the connector to the mating connector, said slots having a proximal end wall and a distal end wall;a lever having a proximal end and a distal end and having rotation holes into which the bosses are respectively inserted when a force is applied to the proximal end of said lever, the lever being pivotally moved about the bosses so as to fit the connector into the mating connector;projected portions formed on the distal end of said lever, the projected portions serving as pivot fulcrums while abutting against the proximal end wall of said slots when the bosses are respectively inserted into the rotation holes; andslanting guide surfaces formed on the lever, the slanting guide surfaces respectively guiding the bosses to the rotation holes when the bosses are about to be respectively inserted into the rotation holes,wherein the bosses, the rotation holes and the slanting guide surfaces are disposed along a path of pivotal movement of the lever about the pivot fulcrums respectively defined by the projected portions.