Patent ID: 8123546

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a male terminal housing with a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein; a female terminal housing with a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned and accommodated therein; a plurality of insulation plates aligned and accommodated in the male terminal housing, wherein when the male terminal housing and the female terminal housing are fitted to each other, the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals face each other to form pairs, respectively, and a stacked state is exhibited such that pairs of the first connecting terminals and the second connecting terminals are alternately interleaved with the plurality of insulation plates; a connecting member comprising a head, the head being adapted to press an adjacent one of the plurality of insulation plates for collectively fixing the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at contacts for electrical connections between the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals, respectively; and a lever mechanism comprising a lever to rotate the head of the connecting member so as to press the head of the connecting member against the adjacent one of the plurality of insulation plates, wherein the lever mechanism further comprises an operation permitting means that permits the connecting member to collectively fix the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at the contacts, when the male terminal housing and the female terminal housing come into a predetermined fitting state.