Patent ID: 6174179
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A lever engagement type connector in which the connector is engaged with a mating connector by rotating a lever attached to the connector,wherein the mating connector includes a hood, an engagement fulcrum which is used as a fulcrum when the connector and the mating connector are engaged with each other, and also includes a disengagement fulcrum which is used as a fulcrum when the connector and the mating connector are disengaged from each other, the engagement fulcrum and the disengagement fulcrum being separated from each other by a predetermined distance, wherein the lever includes a protrusion which moves between the engagement fulcrum and the disengagement fulcrum and engages with the respective fulcrums, the protrusion being arranged on one side of the lever, wherein the lever also includes a lock arm which is engaged with the hood of the mating connector so that the engagement condition of the connector is held, the lock arm being arranged on the other side of the lever, and wherein an idle running space related to said predetermined distance, in which the protrusion moves under the condition of disengagement when the lock arm is disengaged from the mating connector, is formed between the engagement fulcrum and the disengagement fulcrum such that, upon rotation of said lever, said lock arm is substantially moved out of the hood of the mating connector prior to the protrusion contacting said disengagement fulcrum.