Patent ID: 7198496

Claim:
A lever type connector, comprising: a housing provided with a plurality of contacts having electrical wires extending therefrom; a lever mounted on the housing so that the lever is either pushed over toward a first side of the housing or a second side of the housing in an initial position, the lever being pivotable between the initial position and a final position; a wire cover slideably mounted on the housing, the wire cover having an electrical wire lead-out opening that leads the electrical wires away from the housing, the wire cover being slideable from the first side of the housing toward the second side of the housing with the electrical wire lead-out opening being positioned closer toward the second side of the housing when the lever is pushed over toward the first side of the housing to lock the wire cover to the housing and the wire cover being slideable from the second side of the housing toward the first side of the housing with the electrical wire lead-out opening being positioned closer toward the first side of the housing when the lever is pushed over toward the second side of the housing in the initial position to lock the wire cover to the housing; and a lock preventing member provided on the lever type connector and configured to prevent the wire cover from locking with the housing when the wire cover is not slid from the first side of the housing toward the second side of the housing with the electrical wire lead-out opening being positioned closer toward the second side of the housing when the lever is pushed over toward the first side of the housing in the initial position and when the wire cover is not slid from the second side of the housing toward the first side of the housing with the electrical wire lead-out opening being positioned closer toward the first side of the housing when the lever is pushed over toward the second side of the housing in the initial position; wherein the lock preventing member includes a first projection extending from the lever and a second projection extending from the wire cover such that the first projection engages the second projection to prevent the wire cover from locking with the housing.