Patent ID: 7828607
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing having a front end configured to fit into a receptacle of a mating connector along a connecting direction, and a rear end opposite the front end, cavities formed in the housing for accommodating terminals, the housing having a bottom wall and left and right housing side walls extending up from the bottom wall, a retainer insertion opening extending into the bottom wall and communicating with the cavities; and a retainer configured for insertion into the housing in an inserting direction aligned at an angle to the connecting direction, the retainer including a main body with engaging portions engageable with the terminals, left and right retainer side walls at opposite left and right ends of the main body, the retainer side walls having front ends forward from the main body in the connecting direction of the connector with the mating connector and left and right spaced apart reinforcements projecting inwardly and toward one another from front end portions of the respective left and right retainer side walls in the connecting direction of the connector with the mating connector and at trailing ends of the retainer side walls in the inserting direction of the retainer into the housing, front edges of the reinforcements and front edges of the retainer side walls being substantially aligned with one another in directions parallel to the inserting direction of the retainer into the housing, jig contacts being formed on the retainer substantially adjacent to the reinforcements so that the reinforcements are between the jig contacts and the respective retainer side walls, the jig contacts being spaced rearward of the front edges of the reinforcements so that jig recesses are defined between front edges of the jig contacts and a rearwardly facing front edge of the bottom wall at the retainer insertion opening for receiving a jig.