Patent ID: 8678866
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: at least one terminal fitting; a housing including at least one cavity for receiving the terminal fitting, the housing having at least one resiliently deformable locking lance projecting at the cavity for locking and retaining the terminal fitting; a retainer to be mounted into the housing, the retainer being configured to be inserted into a deformation space for the locking lance when the terminal fitting is inserted properly in the cavity for restricting deformation of the locking lance and locking the terminal fitting, the retainer contacting the resiliently deformed locking lance when the terminal fitting is in an insufficiently inserted state in the cavity to prevent any further insertion of the retainer; and at least one first contact portion and at least one second contact portion provided at different positions of the locking lance, the retainer contacting the first contact portion when the terminal fitting is in the insufficiently inserted state in the cavity and a jig contacting the second contact portion for releasing a locked state of the terminal fitting.