Patent ID: 6361337
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lever-type connector having two relatively long and thin housings for mutual engagement, one of the housings having cam pins provided thereon, and the other connector housing having a corresponding lever for engagement with said cam pins, and operable to draw together and to separate said housings upon rotation of the lever by the user applying a force directly to the lever, wherein mutually engageable and releasable retaining devices are provided at the ends of lengths of said housings, said retaining devices being provided partially on each housing and being resiliently engageable and disengageable by manual operation of said lever, and said retaining devices retaining the two housings in engagement when the housings are in a fully fitted condition wherein one of the retaining devices comprises a resilient arm which extends in a direction opposite the mating direction of the two housings.