Patent ID: 6824428
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector with a housing having opposite front and rear ends, at least one tab insertion opening extending rearwardly into the front end and at least one cavity extending forwardly into the rear end and communicating with the tab insertion opening, the cavity being cross-sectionally larger than the tab insertion opening, a resiliently deformable lock provided at a first surface of the cavity and being resiliently deformable into a deformation permitting space, at least one terminal fitting with a tube insertable into the cavity from the rear end and along an insertion direction, the terminal fitting being configured to deflect the lock into the deformation permitting space during insertion and to be engaged by the lock after complete insertion of the terminal fitting in the cavity, and a retainer mountable to the housing and insertable into a deformation permitting space for preventing resilient deformation of the lock, wherein:an area of the cavity for accommodating the tube has a cross section substantially conforming with the tube, a first chamfered guiding surface at least at one corner of a second surface of the cavity substantially opposite to the first surface of the cavity and substantially opposite to the lock for narrowing the cavity in directions transverse to the insertion direction, the tube of the terminal fitting being pressable against the first chamfered guiding surface by displacing the lock towards the terminal fitting when the retainer is mounted, thereby preventing the terminal fitting from shaking in lateral and/or vertical directions.