Patent ID: 7311535

Claim:
A lever fitting-type connector comprising: a first connector; a second connector to be fit with the first connector; a lever provided rotatably to a connector housing of the second connector, the lever including a pair of side plates arranged in parallel to each other, one end parts of the side plates being separated from each other having a distance therebetween, a connecting part for connecting opposite end parts of the side plates, and a fulcrum projection formed on the one end part of at least one of the side plates and projecting from an inner surface of the side plate toward the opposite side plate; a fulcrum projection receiving part formed on a surface of the connector housing of the second connector, said surface lying one upon another with the side plate, the fulcrum projection receiving part receiving the fulcrum projection; a fulcrum projection engaging part formed on a surface of a connector housing of the first connector, said surface lying one upon another with the side plate, the fulcrum projection engaging part engaging with the fulcrum projection received in the fulcrum projection receiving part; and a coming off-preventing means for preventing the fulcrum projection from coming off from the fulcrum projection receiving part, wherein the lever is rotated so that the connector housing of the first connector and the connector housing of the second connector approach or leave each other.