Patent ID: 6450840
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising two connector housings engageable along a fitting direction, to a fully fitted condition, said connector housings having respective terminals therein, and a retainer insertable in one of said housings at right angles to said fitting direction to a final position, said retainer engaging a locking protrusion on said one of said housings and said terminals in said one of said housings being retained when said retainer is in said final position, said retainer including a projection extending in the fitting direction towards the other of said housings, and said other of said housing having a regulating member for contact with said projection, said regulating member adapted to prevent movement of said housings to the fully fitted condition when said retainer is not in the final position and to prevent movement of the retainer in a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction when the housings are in said fully fitted condition.