Levery-type connector

A lever-type connector, comprising:

• a housing having a support shaft projecting therefrom;
• and
• a lever including a bearing to be supported on the housing by receiving the support shaft, an operating portion disposed to receive an applied force during a connecting operation, and a cam groove to be engaged with a cam follower of a mating housing and configured to assist connection of the housing and the mating housing by rotation about the bearing,
• wherein:
• an axial center of the cam follower engaged with the cam groove is offset toward the operating portion with respect to an axial center of the bearing in a direction perpendicular to a connecting direction of the housing and the mating housing;
• the operating portion of the lever moves toward the mating housing as the lever is rotated from a partial locking position to a full locking position, and the housing and the mating housing are connected properly at the full locking position;
• and
• the cam groove extends from a starting part where the cam groove is open on an outer peripheral edge of a cam portion of the lever to a final part, the final part of the cam groove and the operating portion of the lever being located on a same side of the lever with respect to the axial center of the bearing at least when the lever is at the partial locking position.