Lever type connector

Claim 1

A lever type connector which comprises a set of first and second connector parts to be fitted to each other, a lever member pivotally journalled on said first connector part and having guide recesses formed therein, and guide pins provided to protrude from said second connector part for engagement with said guide recesses of said lever member, so that, by pivotal operation of said lever member, said second connector part is displaced in a direction to be fitted with or disengaged from said first connector part via said guide recesses of said lever member through said guide pins of said second connector part, said first connector part being provided with temporary stopper recesses, and said second connector part being provided on its side walls with corresponding stopper projections, each stopper projection engaging a portion of a corresponding stopper recess so as to temporarily hold said first and second connector parts in a fitted position with respect to each other, at a position where said guide pins of said second connector part are engaged with starting ends of the guide recesses of said lever member wherein said temporary stopper recesses are provided on inner faces of side walls of the first connector part on which the lever member is journaled and wherein said portion of the corresponding temporary stopper recess includes a closed end portion adjacent a portion of an inner face of a respective side wall, whereby when said guide pins of said second connector part are engaging with said starting ends of said guide recess, said stopper projections ride over said portion of the inner faces of the side of the side walls and engage said closed end portion.