Patent ID: 7628639

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 fulcrum portion on each end side, and an operation portion connecting the other ends of the pair of lever side plates to each other, the lever is mounted on one connector housing by fitting the swing fulcrum portion close to the lever to the swing fulcrum portion provided on an outer peripheral face of the one connector housing, the lever is swung in a connector fitting direction from a temporary locking position kept by engaging a flexible temporary locking arm protruding on the lever side plate with a temporary locking protrusion formed on the one connector housing, and fitting both of the connectors housings to each other by an operation of a cam mechanism provided between the lever and the other connector housing, wherein the temporary locking arm is provided with a bending restricting unit, and when predetermined external force is applied to the lever in a state where the lever is positioned at the temporary locking position before connector fitting, the bending restricting unit engages with the lever side plate by deformation of the temporary locking arm caused by the external force to restrict bending of the temporary locking arm in a temporary releasing direction.