Patent ID: 6086392
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lever fitting type connector comprising:a female connector portion having a hood portion integral with a housing portion where a terminal is accommodated;a male connector having a connector main body where a mating terminal to be connected to the terminal is accommodated and which is inserted and fitted in the hood portion to connect the terminal and the mating terminal to each other;a lever for inserting and fitting the connector main body in the hood portion, said lever being formed by a lever main body including a pair of lever walls rotatably supported on both side walls of the connector main body, a projecting portion which is provided at an end of at least one of the lever walls and locked to the hood portion when the connector main body is fitted in the hood portion, and an operating portion which is provided at an opposite end of said at least one of the lever walls to facilitate rotation of the lever so that the projecting portion that is locked to the hood portion acts as a fulcrum to fit the connector main body in the hood portion; andtemporary set fixing means for fixing the lever walls at a temporary set position to the connector main body in such a manner that the projecting portion is locked to the hood portion at the initial fitting position where the connector main body is inserted in the hood portion, wherein the hood portion is provided with at least one notch portion for communicating the inside and outside of the hood portion with each other, in which the projecting portion is inserted and locked.