Patent ID: 7427205
Filing Date: 2008-09-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A lever type connector, comprising: a first connector housing having a supporting shaft; a lever rotatably supported by the supporting shaft, the lever having a curvilinear cam groove with an end portion close to a rotation center of the lever; a plurality of projecting parts provided at regular intervals in a circumference of the lever; a plurality of receiving parts provided in the first connector housing, the receiving parts slidably engaging with the projecting parts of the lever; and a second connector housing fitted to the first connector housing, the second connector housing having a pin engaged with the cam groove; wherein a rotating operation of the lever in a state where the cam groove slidably engages with the pin assists fitting and detaching forces between the first and second connector housings, wherein an arrangement of the regularly-spaced projecting parts and the receiving parts prevents mis-attachment of the lever, and wherein the projecting parts and the receiving parts are engaged when the lever is positioned in a first state in which the fitting force is large in the rotating operation of the lever, and the projecting parts and the receiving parts are not engaged when the lever is positioned in a second state in which the fitting force is small in the rotating operation of the lever.