Patent ID: 7625225

Claim:
A lever-type connector, comprising: first and second connector housings fitted to each other; a lever including a pair of arm plates having rotation supporting points at one ends respectively and a connection bar linking the other ends of the pair of arm plates, which constructed to a substantially U-like shape; and a link member linking the arm plates of the lever; wherein: the one ends of the pair of arm plates can be attached, in a rotatable manner, at the rotation supporting point thereof to a rotation supporting pivot provided at an outer face of the first connector housing, respectively, by opening the one ends of the pair of arm plates to the outer sides; an action by a cam mechanism provided between the lever and the second connector housing assists the connector housings to be fitted to each other and to be disengaged from one another by rotating the lever for operation; and after the lever is attached to the first connector housing, the link member is attached between the arm plates at a position closer to the rotation supporting point than to the connection bar.