Patent ID: 8215979

Claim:
A lever-type connector, comprising: a housing having a front end that is connectable to a mating housing and a rear end from which one or more wires are to be drawn out, at least one shaft; and a lever including at least one side plate supported on the shaft of the housing for rotation between a projecting position where the side plate projects to a large extent from the rear end of the housing and a retracted position where the side plate projects to a small extent or does not project from the rear end of the housing, the lever being engageable with the mating housing and displaying a force multiplying action with the mating housing by rotation of the lever for assisting a connecting operation of the two housings, at least one projecting piece projecting forward on a front edge of the side plate a sufficient distance so that a leading end of the projecting piece overlaps the rear end of the housing in forward and backward directions at the projecting position.