Patent ID: 6736675
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a housing main body having a terminal accommodating chamber into which a terminal is to be inserted; a stopper portion on the housing main body, the stopper portion having a flexibility configured to allow the stopper portion to be deflected outward with respect to said terminal accommodating chamber when said terminal is inserted into said terminal accommodating chamber and to be restored to an undeflected state when said terminal is inserted into said terminal accommodating chamber properly, so as to stop said terminal; and a spacer member configured to be installed in an installation direction onto said housing main body and, if insertion of said terminal into said terminal accommodating chamber is incomplete, to contact said deflected stopper portion so that the spacer member is blocked from being installed onto said housing main body, wherein said housing main body comprises deflection restricting means which, with said spacer member in contact with said stopper portion, restricts said stopper portion from being deflected in the installation direction of said spacer member onto said housing main body.