Patent ID: 7641485

Claim:
A lever-type connector, comprising: a housing connectable with a mating housing, a supporting shaft formed on the housing and a retaining projection being formed on an outer circumferential surface of a leading end of the supporting shaft; a lever displaceably mounted on the housing and including a cam functioning portion that is engageable with a cam follower of the mating housing while the lever is at an initial position, the cam functioning portion being configured for generating a cam action with the cam follower for urging the housing and the mating housing toward one another in response to displacing the lever toward a connection position; a cutout formed on the lever and displaced from the retaining projection of the supporting shaft in the process of displacing the lever between the initial position and the connection position and permitting the passage of the retaining projection only when the lever is at an assembled position; a resilient arm formed on a first of the housing and the lever and being deformable in a direction intersecting a displacement direction of the lever, the resilient arm including a locking projection; a locking recess formed in a second of the housing and the lever and being engageable with the locking projection only when the lever is at the initial position; and a resilient escaping cantilever formed on the second of the housing and the lever and being deformable away from the locking projection, the escaping cantilever being slidable on the locking projection while displacing the lever between the assembled position and the initial position; whereby the resilient escaping cantilever reduces an amount of deformation of the resilient arm that is required and reduces a restoring force of the resilient arm for avoiding damage to the locking projection of the resilient arm as the lever is displaced.