Patent ID: 6780070
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall and opposed external side walls, the housing being formed with cavities for receiving terminal fittings and bring formed with a retainer insertion hole open at one of the too and bottom walls and both of the external side walls, the retainer insertion hole communicating with the cavities, insertion grooves being formed in opposite outer side surfaces of the opposed external side walls of the housing and bottom surfaces of the insertion grooves being formed with locking sections, each of said insertion grooves communicating with at least one of said cavities at locations where said retainer insertion hole is open at the external side walls; and a retainer mounted to the housing and movable between first and second positions on the housing, the retainer having a body insertable into the retainer insertion hole, the body having fasteners substantially spaced from the cavities when the retainer is in the first position and being insertable into the respective cavities when the retainer is in the second position, resiliently deformable locking pieces being provided at opposite ends of the retainer and being insertable into the insertion grooves and engageable with the corresponding locking sections, the locking pieces defining side walls that cover portions of the cavities that communicate with the insertion grooves both when the retainer is in the first position and the second position.