A connector and connector assembly

摘要

An object of the present invention is to electrically detect whether or not both connector housings have been properly connected in a lever-type connector. A lever 40 formed with a cam groove 41 is rotatably mounted and a detecting terminal 60 is mounted in a female connector housing 10. The detecting terminal 60 comes into contact with contact terminals 98 assembled in the female connector housing 10 to close a detecting circuit only when the both connector housings 10, 80 are properly connected. A pressing portion 44 is formed to project in a part of a cam plate 47 of the lever 40 facing the detecting terminal 60, and keeps pressing the detecting terminal 60 to resiliently deform the detecting terminal 60 to a position where the detecting terminal 60 is separated from the contact terminals 98 while the lever 40 is rotated until the both connector housings 10, 80 are properly connected. When the lever 40 is rotated up to a position where the both connector housings 10, 80 are properly connected, the pressed state is canceled to enable the detecting terminal 60 to come into contact with the contact terminals 98.