Patent ID: 7513783

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing adapted to be fitted to a mating connector; and a lever held by the housing and rotatable between a first position where the housing is capable of being fitted to and released from the mating connector and a second position where the housing is fitted to the mating connector; wherein the lever comprises: a main body having a generally flat shape and provided with a recess which is recessed from a principal surface of the main body in a thickness direction to have a bottom portion; a spring portion which extends from the main body in the recess to have a free end and which is elastically deformable in the thickness direction; and a locking portion which is formed to the spring portion at a first portion away from the free end and which is adapted to be locked with the housing when the lever is at the second position; wherein the spring portion faces the bottom of the recess with a distance which is greater at a second portion between the free end and the first portion than that at the first portion.