Patent ID: 9722341
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector, comprising: first and second housings to be assembled in a mutually laminated state, the first and second housings including respectively first and second facing surfaces facing each other at the time of assembling, and at least one cavity formed in each of the first and second housings and extending in forward and backward directions; at least first and second resiliently deformable locking lances cantilevered forward from the respective facing surfaces of the first and second housings, the at least first and second locking lances having an outer surface substantially continuous with the respective facing surfaces when the locking lances are in a non-deformed state, and an inner surface facing the cavity, the inner surface including an inclined part inclined away from the facing surface in a forward direction, and a straight part extending forward from the inclined part to a front end of the locking lance and being substantially parallel to the outer surface, the inclined part and the front part being continuous with one another without any step, and the front end of the locking lance defining a locking surface extending between the straight part and the outer surface and substantially normal thereto; and terminal fittings being inserted into the cavities before the housings are assembled, the terminal fittings resiliently deforming the locking lances during the insertion, the locking lances resiliently return and retain and lock the terminal fittings when the insertion is completed with the locking surfaces bearing against front end parts of the terminal fittings, and the locking lances of the housings are arranged back-to-back when the housings are assembled.