Patent ID: 8038486
Filing Date: 2011-10-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing which can be fitted on a mating housing and into which terminal fittings are inserted; a retainer mounted on the housing movably between a temporary locking position and a main locking position, the retainer allowing the terminal fittings to be inserted into the housing at the temporary locking position, and preventing the terminal fittings from being drawn out of the housing at the main locking position; a main locking concavity formed on one of said housing and said retainer and having a first slope formed on a forward surface thereof in a direction in which said retainer is drawn out, the first slope being inclined along the direction in which the retainer is drawn out; a temporary locking concavity formed on one of said housing and said retainer and having a first locking surface formed on a forward surface thereof in the direction in which said retainer is drawn out, the first locking surface being substantially orthogonal to the direction in which the retainer is drawn out; a locking projection ( a second slope formed on a forward surface of the locking projection in the direction in which the retainer is drawn out, the second slope being disposed on the first slope substantially along a surface direction of said first slope at the main locking position; and a second locking surface formed on the forward surface of said locking projection in said direction in which said retainer is drawn out, the second locking surface being disposed substantially along a surface direction of said first locking surface at said temporary locking position.