Patent ID: 7097503

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing including a terminal accommodating portion for accommodating at least one terminal fitting, at least one resiliently deformable lock provided in the terminal accommodating portion for locking the terminal fitting; and a mounting member mountable on the terminal accommodating portion substantially along forward and backward directions and being movable substantially alone the forward and backward directions between a first position and a second position, at least one deformation preventing portion provided on the mounting member for preventing resilient deformation of the lock, the deformation preventing portion being retracted forward from deformation spaces for the lock when the mounting member is in the first position and being in the deformation space when the mounting member is in the second position, the mounting member including a plurality of jig catching portions arranged at positions displaced along forward and backward directions and catchable by a jig inserted into the housing, whereby the mounting member is movable forward by levering the jig.