Patent ID: 7404722

Claim:
A lever connector, comprising: a first connector housing which has female terminals therein and an aperture opening forward; a second connector housing to be connected with the first connector housing, which has male terminals to be electrically connected with the female terminals and has an aperture opening forward; a front holder which is inserted through the aperture of the first connector housing and fixed thereon; and a movable guide member which is inserted through the aperture of the second connector housing and slidably attached thereto, wherein the movable guide member is temporarily held at a temporary holding position before connection of the female and male connector housings, and released from a temporary holding and slid toward an end position by the front holder to guide the male terminals into the female terminals as the connection proceeds, an elastic arm, which temporarily holds the movable guide member at the temporary holding position, is provided inside the second connector housing, and a release projection, which is contacted with the elastic arm to bend the elastic arm toward a release direction for releasing the temporary holding, is provided on the front holder, a space, which stows the elastic arm restoring bending after releasing the temporary holding, is secured behind the release projection in a connecting direction.