Patent ID: 6280262
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:at least one terminal fitting connected respectively with at least one wire;a housing formed with at least one cavity for at least partly accommodating the terminal fitting, the cavity having at least one inner wall surface; anda mount member mountable on the housing and comprising a retainer portion configured for locking the terminal fitting and preventing the terminal fitting from coming out of the respective cavity, the mount member further comprising a wire fixing portion disposed behind the terminal fitting when the mount member is mounted on the housing for substantially preventing the wire from shaking, the wiring fixing portion being configured for tightly holding the wire in cooperation with the inner wall surface of the cavity, the mount member comprises a rear wall which substantially faces a rear end surface of the housing substantially in close contact therewith, the wire fixing portion being provided in a position on the rear wall facing rear openings of the cavities in the rear end surface of the housing, and being configured to push the wire against an edge of the rear opening of the cavity by being displaced in a direction crossing a longitudinal axis of the wire as the mount member is mounted on the housing.