Patent ID: 8033844

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing which receives therein terminals; a lever which is rotatably attached to the housing and is configured to be rotatable between a first position where an initial stage of fitting of the connector to a counterpart connector is established and a second position where the fitting thereof to the counterpart connector is completed; and a lock portion which is capable of locking the lever at the second position; wherein the lock portion is slidably attached to a body portion of the lever and is configured to be slid between a lock position where the lever is locked and a lock release position where the lever is released; wherein the lever is provided with a positioning latch-portion that is configured to latch the lock portion at the lock position and the lock release position; and wherein the positioning latch-portion is provided with a concaved latch-portion and a convexed latch-portion that is configured to be elastically displaced to be engaged in or disengaged from the concaved latch-portion.