Patent ID: 6878002

Claim:
A connector including a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector comprises: a first connector housing; a cover that forms a wire draw-out passage and mountable on a backside of the first connector housing so as to be movable in directions toward and away from the first connector housing; an insertion path into which a bracket is inserted and protruded to a position where more backward than the cover; a locking member provided on a facing surface of the cover and the bracket and engages to an locked portion formed on the bracket; a first follower pin provided on the first connector housing; and a second follower pin provided on the cover, wherein the second connector comprises: a second connector housing that is to be connected with the first connector housing; and a lever that is rotatably attached to the second connector housing and formed with a cam groove that is engageable with both the first and the second follower pins, wherein the cover is mounted on the first connector housing at a position distanced from a rear surface of the first connector housing when the first and the second connectors are in a non-connected state, wherein the first connector housing is connected with or separated from the second connector housing together with the cover by a cam action between the cam groove and both of the first and the second follower pins caused by a rotation of the lever, wherein an amount of a separation of the cover is configured to be less than an amount of a separation of the first connector housing with respect to the second connector housing at a final stage of a separating operation.