Patent ID: 6115915
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B29C,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
In a connector comprising a connector housing that comprises a plurality of cavities formed in an interior of the connector housing, a plurality of terminal members that can be inserted into the corresponding ones of the plurality of cavities from a first direction, and a retainer mountable into the connector housing and movable in the first direction of the terminal member between a temporarily secured position and a fully secured position, the retainer securing the terminal member in the fully secured position;a method for mounting the retainer into the connector housing, the method comprising:inserting the retainer in a second direction generally orthagonal to the first direction from a side surface of the connector housing into the temporarily secured position; andpushing in the retainer in the first direction from a side surface of the connector housing into the fully secured position.