Patent ID: 7281933

Claim:
A lever fitting type connector comprising: a first connector including: a first hood, an engaging unit formed on an outer surface of the first hood; a second connector fitted to the first connector, the second connector including: a connector main body fitted into the first hood, a second hood covering the first hood and provided with a boss projecting from an inner surface of the second hood, a lever with a lateral plate rotatably provided inside the second hood, the lateral plate formed in parallel to a turning direction of the lever and engaged with the boss, a drive part formed in the lateral plate within a thickness range thereof at a position away from a fulcrum of the lever; wherein the lever turns in a plane parallel to a fitting direction of the connector to fit or to separate the first connector into or from the second connector, wherein the engaging unit transmits a fitting or a separating force generated by turn of the lever from the drive part to the first connector to fit or to separate the first connector into or from the second connector.