Patent ID: 6447312
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a body housing for fitting on a housing of a mating connector, and a lever which is mounted on said body housing so as to be pivotally operated, and includes an engagement portion for engagement with said mating connector, said engagement portion being so constructed that, when said engagement portion is engaged with said mating connector and said lever is pivotally operated, said housing of said mating connector and said body housing are fitted together with a fitting force larger than a force of pivotal movement of said lever, wherein a pivotal movement support portion, having a cross-sectional shape other than a round shape, is formed on one of said body housing and said lever; an intrusion groove, into which said pivotal movement support portion can intrude only when an angle of said lever relative to said body housing is a predetermined angle, and a fitting hole, in which said pivotal movement support portion call be rotatably fitted, are formed in the other of said body housing and said lever, said fitting hole being provided at an inner end of said intrusion groove; said lever is pivotally supported on said body housing, with said pivotal movement support portion fitted in said fitting hole; a range of pivotal operation of said lever is so determined that said pivotal movement support portion does not move back from said fitting hole into said intrusion groove in said range of pivotal movement of said lever; and a guide portion for guiding said lever in the pivotally-moving direction is provided on said body housing.