Patent ID: 8011977
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a first housing having opposite front and rear ends and cavities extending through the first housing from the front end to the rear end, resiliently deformable lances formed in the first housing and projecting at least partly into the respective cavities, flexibility allowance spaces in the first housing on a sides of the lances opposite the respective cavity, the lances being deformable into the respective flexibility allowance spaces; first terminal fittings in the respective cavities of the first housing and being locked by the respective lances, the first terminal fittings being removable from the cavities when the lances are deformed into the respective flexibility allowance spaces; a second housing having second terminal fittings mounted therein and being configured to be fit together with the first housing along a fit-on direction, retainer projections unitary with the second housing and projecting in the fit-on direction, the retainer projections penetrating into the flexibility allowance space when the first and second housings are fit together properly, thereby preventing the lances from flexing in an unlocking direction.