Patent ID: 6179660
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector apparatus, comprising:a male connector having a male housing provided with a flexible engagement lance in a terminal housing chamber for housing a female terminal, the engagement lance of the male connector having a deflection space and being engaged with the female terminal so as to prevent the female terminal from slipping out;a female connector having a female housing provided with a flexible engagement lance in a terminal housing chamber for housing a male terminal and having a hood section provided integrally with the female housing and into which the male housing is inserted and fitted, the engagement lance of the female connector having a deflection space and being engaged with the male terminal so as to prevent the male terminal from slipping out; anda retainer configured to be mounted in a temporary engagement position with the female connector from a direction intersecting a fitting direction of the male and female connectors and configured to engage in a regular engagement position with the male and female connectors in a fitted state upon insertion of the retainer into the deflection spaces of the flexible engagement lances of each of the male and female connectors to prevent deflection of the flexible engagement lances,wherein the retainer is configured to prevent movement from the temporary engagement position to the regular engagement position upon incomplete insertion of one of the male and female terminals into one of the male and female terminal housing chambers, and the retainer is configured to prevent movement from the temporary engagement position to the regular engagement position upon incomplete insertion of the male housing into the hood section.