Patent ID: 7481661

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: a connector and a mating connector; a connector housing; a lever, having an operating end for operating the lever and a far end, the lever being mounted rotatably at a central portion thereof on the connector housing, the lever rotating in an engaging direction so as to engage the connector housing with the mating connector by moving the connector housing close to the mating connector, and said lever rotating in a disengaging direction, opposite to the engaging direction, so as to disengage the connector housing from the mating connector by moving the connector housing apart from the mating connector; and a limiter provided on the lever for limiting the lever not to rotate further in the disengaging direction from a disengaged condition in which the connector housing is disengaged from the mating connector, wherein the limiter is provided on the lever to project from the lever to face the connector housing and is provided on the lever in a vicinity of a rotation center of the lever when the lever rotates about the connector housing; wherein one end of the lever displaces toward the connector housing when the lever rotates further in the disengaging direction from the disengaged condition, and wherein the limiter is arranged at a position on the lever nearer to the far end of the lever opposite and space from the operating end; wherein the limiter is arranged at an outer edge of the lever to face the connector housing in the disengaged condition.