Patent ID: 7267562
Filing Date: 2007-09-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a terminal accommodating part; male terminal fittings mounted in the terminal accommodating part and having tabs projecting forward from the terminal accommodating part; a hood projecting forward from the terminal accommodating part and surrounding the tabs of the male terminal fittings, the hood being configured for receiving a female connector; flexibly deformable locking pieces projecting forward in the hood, a lock being formed at a front end of each of said locking pieces; and a moving plate movably disposed in the hood, said moving plate having positioning holes for receiving said tabs and locking holes for receiving said locking pieces so that said locks retain the moving plate, a reinforcement being formed at a periphery of each of said locking holes of said moving plate to fill a gap between said moving plate and each of said locks, whereby movement of said female connector into said hood deforms said locking pieces sufficiently to release said locks from said moving plate so that said moving plate can be moved rearwardly in the hood and so that said tabs be projected from said positioning holes.