Connector

A connector comprising a lever connector and a mating connector and configured such that a connector housing of the lever connector is drawn into the mating connector and fitted to the mating connector in a process of operating a lever from an initial position to a fitting position, the lever being provided in an operable manner on the lever connector configured to be connected to the mating connector, the connector further comprising:

• an arcuate rotation mechanism that rotates the lever along an arcuate locus between the initial position and the fitting position;
• and
• a conversion mechanism that converts an operating direction of the lever along an arc to a fitting direction in which the lever connector is fitted to the mating connector in conjunction with movement of the lever rotated along the arc by the arcuate rotation mechanism,
• wherein the arcuate rotation mechanism includes:
• a hook-shaped lever inner circumferential portion formed at a tip of the lever;
• an inner sliding portion that is formed in the connector housing and is in sliding contact with the lever inner circumferential portion;
• a lever outer circumferential portion that is formed on a surface of the lever opposite to the lever inner circumferential portion;
• and
• an outer sliding portion that is formed in the connector housing and is in sliding contact with the lever outer circumferential portion.