Patent ID: 8016604

Claim:
A charging connector comprising: a connector case main body; a lever received in the connector case main body, and of which center part is pivotally supported; a locking claw integrally formed with one end of the lever; and a release button disposed at the other end of the lever, wherein when the charging connector is completely fitted into a secondary battery-side connector connected to a secondary battery, the locking claw is locked with a locking projection provided at the secondary battery-side connector, and wherein when the release button is pushed down, the lever is rotated around a shaft supporting point to release the locking between the locking claw and the locking projection, and the charging connector further comprising: a lock system having a lock device attached to the connector case main body, and an operation regulator which is moved to a preventing position to prevent the release button from being pushed down when the lock device is in a locking state, and moved to an allowing position to allow the release button to be pressed down when the lock device is in an unlocking state.