Patent ID: 7578685

Claim:
A lever type connector in which a lever is swingably mounted on one connector housing of a pair of connector housings, the lever has a pair of lever side plates having a swing hole on each one end side, and an operation portion connecting the other ends of the pair of lever side plates to each other, the swing hole is swingably fitted to a swing fulcrum protrusion provided on the outside face of the one connector housing by opening one end side of the pair of lever side plates to the outside, and both of the connector housings are fitted and separated by an operation of a cam mechanism, which is provided for the lever and the other connector housing by a swing operation of the lever, wherein: a notch portion is provided at an outer peripheral portion of the other side of the lever side plate; a rib protrudes as a fulcrum of a swing operation at the time of mounting the lever on one connector housing by engaging the notch portion with the outside face of the one connector housing; the lever side plate is led to be mounted on the swing fulcrum protrusion to promote the lever side plate to open outward when the swing hole is fitted to the swing fulcrum protrusion by swinging the lever about the rib as a fulcrum in an inner face of the outer peripheral portion of the lever side plate; and a guide slope for guiding the swing hole to be fitted to the swing fulcrum protrusion.