Patent ID: 7901226
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector adapted to be connected to a mating connector having a fitting hole and a latch, the connector comprising: a housing configured to be insertable into the fitting hole in an inserting direction; and a lever formed from a single metal plate and slidable with respect to the housing in the inserting direction and a detaching direction opposite to the inserting direction, wherein the housing has a locking stepped portion adapted to engage the latch in the detaching direction, wherein the lever comprises: an engagement releasing portion adapted to release engagement between the latch and the locking stepped portion by sliding of the lever; and a support piece continuous from the engagement releasing portion, folded back, and supported by the housing; wherein the housing has side surfaces facing each other in a direction perpendicular to the inserting direction, the lever is provided at each of the side surfaces of the housing, and the levers are coupled together by an operating member; wherein positioning means for selectively positioning the lever at an engagement released position and a non-engagement-releasable position is provided on facing surfaces of at least one of the operating member and the lever and the housing; and wherein the positioning means comprises: a first projection provided on one of at least one of the operating member and the lever and the housing, and a second projection provided on the other of at least one of the operating member and the lever and the housing, and wherein the first projection elastically rides across the second projection so as to be located on one side or the other side of the second projection, thereby positioning the lever at the engagement released position or the non-engagement-releasable position.