Patent ID: 7513784

Claim:
A lever-type connector, comprising: a lever with at least one cam groove; a housing including a receptacle supporting the lever displaceably, the housing being connectable with a mating housing of a mating connector; and a moving plate with at least one fitting recess for receiving a cam pin of the second housing, the moving plate being mounted movably back and forth between a retracted position where the moving plate is near an opening end of the receptacle and an advanced position where the moving plate is near a back side of the receptacle while terminal fittings are passed therethrough, wherein: the cam groove is configured so that the cam pin can slide in contact with a connection cam surface of the cam groove to connect the housing with the mating housing as the lever is displaced towards a connection side, whereas the moving plate is moved to the advanced position by being pressed by the mating housing; the cam groove further being configured so that the cam pin can slide in contact with a separation cam surface of the cam groove to separate the housing from the mating housing as the lever is displaced towards a separation side; and the moving plate includes at least one engaging portion that projects into the cam groove from a side of an outer edge of the opening of the fitting recess corresponding to the separation cam surface of the cam groove, the engaging portion being disposed and configured to be pressed by and slid along the separation cam surface of the cam groove as the lever is displaced towards the separation side for moving to the retracted position as the lever is displaced toward a separation side, the lever being formed with an engaging recess for engaging the engaging portion when the moving plate is near the retracted position.