Patent ID: 7416425

Claim:
A lever-type connector assembly, comprising: a pair of connector housings, which have respective connector terminals, the pair of connector housings comprising one connector housing and another connector housing, the one connector housings provided with a lever pivotally supported thereon at a pivot point, the other connector housing provided with engagement projections engaged with the lever, the lever being engaged with the engagement projections and being pivotally moved so as to fit the pair of connector housings together; wherein the lever has at least one lever contact point at which the lever contacts the one connector housing at a connector housing contact point, the at least one lever contact point location being displaced from the pivot point, wherein at least one of said lever contact point and said connector housing contact point is a projection which contacts the other of said lever contact point and said connector housing contact point; wherein the lever comprises: a pair of opposed side plate portions between which the one connector housing is interposed, and which are pivotally supported at their one end portions on the one connector housing; and an operating portion which interconnects the other end portions of the pair of side plate portions and is operable to be pivotally operated; wherein the at least one lever contact point comprises two lever contact points; wherein the lever contact points are disposed respectively on those portions of the pair of side plate portions which are opposed to each other; and the pair of side plate portions hold the one connector housing therebetween at the lever contact points.