Patent ID: 9048579
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A lever-type connector for connecting connectors by rotating a lever, comprising: a housing formed with a cavity for accommodating a terminal fitting and connectable to a mating connector; a cover to be mounted on a surface of the housing substantially opposite to a connection surface and configured to at least partly cover a wire drawn out from the housing; a lever rotatably mounted on the cover and formed with gear teeth on an edge around a center of rotation of the lever; and a slider accommodated in the housing displaceably in a direction intersecting a connecting direction and formed with rack teeth engageable with the gear teeth at a position facing the lever and a cam groove for guiding a cam pin on the mating connector to bring the connectors into a connected state; wherein: the cover includes a guide and the housing includes the guide receiving portion, the guide and the guide receiving portion substantially extending in the direction intersecting with the connecting direction, the guide and the guide receiving portion are formed to be engaged with each other after the cover is mounted in a direction along the connecting direction to a non-engageable position where the cover is not aligned with the housing and the gear teeth and the rack teeth are not engaged and able to guide a movement of the cover along the direction intersecting with the connecting direction to an engageable position where the cover aligns with the housing and the gear teeth and the rack teeth are engageable; and the guide is undeflectably formed on the cover, the guide receiving portion is undeflectably formed on the housing, and the guide and the guide receiving portion include parts that contact each other in the connecting direction, thereby preventing the cover from being detached in the connecting direction.