Patent ID: 9553388
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a connector terminal; a housing comprising a terminal housing room in which the connector terminal is to be fitted, an engagement hole in which an engagement counterpart electrical connector is to be fitted, and a slider groove that is formed in a backmost wall of the engagement hole so as to extend in a direction intersecting with a fitting and releasing direction of the connector terminal; and a retainer which comprises a protrusion that locks the connector terminal fitted in the terminal housing room, and which changes a position between an unlock position where the protrusion unlocks the connector terminal, and a locking position which is reachable by sliding from the unlock position along the slider groove, and where the protrusion locks the connector terminal, wherein: the retainer further comprises a basal end portion to be housed in the slider groove, and a projection projecting from the basal end toward an opening of the engagement hole; the basal end is formed with an operation hole in which a operating jig is inserted, the operating jig changing the position of the retainer between the unlocking position and the locking position; and the projection is formed with a guide portion that guides an insertion of the operating jig into the operation hole.