Patent ID: 8403697
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A lever connector comprising: first and second housings that are engageable with each other by fitting engagement, the first housing having a hood that allows insertion of the second housing therein, a cutaway portion being formed in the hood and opening toward an assembling side of the second housing and a receiving portion that receives the second housing in a contacting manner being formed on the hood at a position where the receiving portion faces an open face of the cutaway portion of the hood; and a lever mounted on the first housing for displacement between an initial position and a fitting position, a cam groove formed on the lever, a cam follower formed on the second housing, the cam follower being introduced into the cam groove from an entrance of the cam groove by bringing the first and second housings into slight fitting engagement while holding the lever at the initial position, and the cam follower being moved slidably on a groove surface of the cam groove by displacing the lever toward the fitting position in a state where the cam follower is introduced into the cam groove so that the first and second housings are brought into a normal fitting position due to a cam action exerted by the slide movement of the cam follower, wherein the entrance of the cam groove is aligned in a direction that intersects the fitting direction of the first and second housings when the lever is at the initial position.