Patent ID: 8182275

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 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 connecting member manipulating mechanism includes a contact holder for, when the pressing force is being applied to each of the contacts, maintaining the pressing force applied to each of the contacts, to maintain the electrical connections between the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals, respectively, even in the event of the absence of the turn lever.