Patent ID: 7938655

Claim:
A lever-type connector comprising: an inner housing; a contact located in the inner housing; an outer housing attached to the inner housing; a projection arranged at the inner housing; a projection insertion groove provided on an inner surface of the slider, wherein the projection is inserted into the projection insertion groove, the projection insertion groove pulling the inner housing via the projection when the connector is separated from the mating connector; a family sealing member received in the inner housing to prevent separation of the family sealing member from the connector; a slider receiving slot disposed in the outer housing; a slider having a cam groove into which a cam pin of a mating connector is inserted; the slider being slidably received in the slider receiving slot; and a lever being rotatably disposed on the outer housing to slide the slider; wherein a rotational operation of the lever draws the lever-type connector to be mated or unmated with the mating connector, and wherein the slider pulls the inner housing in a direction away from the mating connector, when the lever-type connector is separated from the mating connector.