Patent ID: 8105099

Claim:
A lever connector, comprising: a first connector portion including a first terminal housing with a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein; a second connector portion including a second terminal housing with a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein; a plurality of isolating plates aligned and accommodated in the first terminal housing; a stacked connection structure that, when the first terminal housing and the second terminal housing are mated together, the plural first connecting terminals and the plural second connecting terminals face each other to form pairs, respectively, and the isolating plates, the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals are disposed alternately; a connecting member provided to the first connector portion, and including a head to press the adjacent isolating plate, to thereby fix the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals at the contacts therebetween, for electrical connections between the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals, respectively; and a lever structure including a turn lever provided to hold both sides of either one of the first terminal housing or the second terminal housing, and turnably pivoted to the first terminal housing or the second terminal housing, wherein the lever structure comprises a housing attaching/detaching mechanism for turning the turn lever to thereby pull and mate the first terminal housing and the second terminal housing together, or pull the first terminal housing and the second terminal housing apart to release the mating thereof, and a connecting member manipulating mechanism for turning the turn lever to thereby manipulate the connecting member to apply a pressing force to each of the contacts or release the applying of that pressing force, and wherein the turn lever is operable such that when the first connector portion and the second connector portion are connected together, the turn lever is first turned to allow the housing attaching/detaching mechanism to pull and mate the first terminal housing and the second terminal housing together, and the turn lever is then further turned to allow the connecting member manipulating mechanism to manipulate the connecting member to apply the pressing force to each of the contacts.