Patent ID: 7670157

Claim:
A lever connector, comprising: first and second housings connectable with each other, and a lever movably mountable on the first housing, the lever including at least one arm formed with at least one bottomed cam groove, the lever being displaced from an initial position towards a connection position, at least one cam pin on the second housing and being fit into the cam groove for assisting a connecting operation of the two housings as the lever is displaced, wherein: the arm is formed with a bottomed engaging groove connected to the cam groove in the extending direction by a step and the first housing includes at least one engaging pin adjacent to the cam pin, and the engaging groove being disposed and configured for receiving the engaging pin during operation of the lever and has at least one inclination restricting surface facing substantially toward the cam groove for restricting inclination of the first housing relative to the second housing by being brought substantially into sliding contact with the engaging pin as the lever is displaced if the posture of the second housing being connected is inclined relative to the first housing.