Patent ID: 6638109
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a housing formed with cavities; terminal fittings configured for insertion into the cavities; partial locking means for locking the terminal fittings in the cavities; a retainer mountable into the connector housing and displaceable between a partial locking position where the insertion of the terminal fittings into the cavities is permitted and a full locking position where the retainer engages the terminal fittings inserted to proper positions in the cavities to lock the terminal fittings; and the terminal fittings each having a retainer engaging projection engageable with the retainer when the terminal fitting is at the proper position and an insufficient-insertion detecting projection disposed and configured to interfere with the retainer to hinder a displacement of the retainer from the partial locking position to the full locking position when the terminal fitting is insufficiently inserted to a position behind the proper position in the cavity.