Patent ID: 8500476

Claim:
A power-feed connector, comprising: a tubular case that has a front end opening portion; a connector body that is housed in the tubular case, and that can slide along a center axis direction of the tubular case; and an operating mechanism that operates the sliding of the connector body along the center axis direction, wherein the operating mechanism at least comprises an operating lever that is pivotally supported at the tubular case rotatably and a first end of which protrudes outside the tubular case, and a conversion mechanism that converts a rotating force of the operating lever generated by moving the first end only into a force in the center axis direction of the tubular case; the conversion mechanism comprises a spur gear that is pivotally supported at the tubular case integrally with a second end of the operating lever, and a rack that is fixed at the connector body and moves along the center axis direction of the tubular case simultaneously with a rotation of the spur gear; a moving direction of the first end of the operating lever is coincident with a moving direction of the connector body which moves in association with the rotation of the operating lever; and an action point that applies the rotating force of the operating lever to the connector body is positioned between the first end and the second end of the operating lever.