Patent ID: 6602082
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lever type connector assembly including first and second connector housings having front ends and rear ends and being detachably coupled to each other at the front ends thereof, a lever having a cam groove, and an attaching member rotatably supporting said lever, said attaching member being mounted on the rear end of the second connector housing, cam pins on the first connector housing engaging said cam groove in said lever, said connector housings being regularly coupled to each other when said lever is turned from a coupling start position to a coupling completion position, said lever type connector assembly being characterized in that:said attaching member is provided with a projection that protrudes in a coupling area in the second connector housing; one of said projection and said lever being provided in said coupling area with an elastic latch that can restrain said lever in the coupling start position from turning to the coupling completion position by engaging said elastic latch with a mateable latch portion on the other of said projection and lever; and the first connector housing being provided with a release portion that releases said elastic latch from said mateable latch by engaging said release portion with said elastic latch when the first connector housing is advancing in said coupling area, thereby elastically deforming said elastic latch to disengage said elastic latch from said mateable latch.