Patent ID: 7488220

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: (A) an inner housing having a terminal receiving chamber, and a terminal locking lance for locking a terminal received in said terminal receiving chamber, and a beam downwardly protruding in a mounting direction; and (B) an outer housing having a pair of side covers covering sides of said inner housing, a spacer to be locked with said inner housing at both of a provisional locking position where said terminal is allowed to be inserted into said terminal receiving chamber and a complete locking position where said terminal is locked so as to be prevented from coming off from said terminal receiving chamber, and a protective bridge provided in a rear part of said outer housing so as to connect the pair of said side covers with each other, wherein said outer housing is locked with said inner housing in a mounting direction crossing at right angles to an inserting direction along which said terminal is inserted into said inner housing; the protective bridge has a first retaining protrusion provided along a width direction; the beam has a second retaining protrusion along the width direction; the second retaining protrusion locks the first retaining protrusion in the complete locking position.