Lever-type connector

A lever-type connector comprising:

• a housing that is relatively movable along connector insertion/removal directions between a temporarily fitted state and a completely fitted state with respect to a counterpart fitting part;
• a terminal fitting that is stored in the housing and electrically connected to a counterpart terminal fitting when the housing is in the completely fitted state;
• a lever member that is relatively rotatable with respect to the housing between a temporarily fitted position where the housing is in the temporarily fitted state and a completely fitted position where the housing is in the completely fitted state, the lever member relatively moving the housing with respect to the counterpart fitting part from the temporarily fitted state to the completely fitted state by a first rotation operation from the temporarily fitted position toward the completely fitted position, and relatively moving the housing with respect to the counterpart fitting part from the completely fitted state to the temporarily fitted state by a second rotation operation from the completely fitted position toward the temporarily fitted position;
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• a position ensuring member that is attached to be freely movable with respect to the housing between a fitting ensured position where the housing is in the completely fitted state and a standby position where the housing is not in the completely fitted state, wherein
• a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism are provided between the housing and the position ensuring member,
• the first locking mechanism is configured to prevent the position ensuring member, at the standby position, from engaging the second locking mechanism by preventing movement of the position ensuring member in a first direction toward the second locking mechanism,
• the second locking mechanism locking is configured to prevent the position ensuring member, at a fitting assured position, from moving in a second direction opposite to the first direction,
• a locking release mechanism is provided between the lever member and the position ensuring member, the locking release mechanism releasing a locked state of the position ensuring member with the first locking mechanism when the lever member comes at the completely fitted position by associating a release operation of the locked state of the position ensuring member with the first locking mechanism with the first rotation operation of the lever member,
• the first locking mechanism includes a locking part provided to the housing, and a locked body provided to the position ensuring member,
• the locked body includes a protrusion that is disposed to oppose to the locking part within a space part to prevent the position ensuring member from moving in the first direction by the locking part when the position ensuring member is at the standby position, and a cantilever flexible part that has the protrusion provided at its free end and exhibits flexibility capable of allowing the free end to be displaced toward a protrusion insertion direction and a protrusion removal direction of the protrusion with respect to the space part when the position ensuring member is at the standby position,
• the protrusion includes a locked part that is locked with the locking part when the position ensuring member is at the standby position,
• the locking release mechanism includes a pushing part that is provided to the lever member to push and move the protrusion toward the protrusion removal direction in association with the first rotation operation of the lever member, and a pushed part that is provided to the protrusion to receive force from the pushing part, and
• the pushed part is formed as a locking-release tilted face, and based on force received from the pushing part by the first rotation operation, releases a locked state of the locked part with the locking part when the lever member comes at the completely fitted position.