Patent ID: 7125291

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing formed with at least one cavity for receiving a terminal fitting, a retainer mount hole formed in an outer wall of the housing and crossing the cavity, receiving portions being formed in the housing on facing inner wall surfaces of the retainer mount hole; and a retainer mountable in the retainer mount hole and being movable between a first position for permitting the insertion and withdrawal of the terminal fitting and a second position for retaining the terminal fitting in the cavity, first and second resiliently deformable holding arms cantilevered on the retainer, each holding arm having a supported end and a free end, locking sections being formed at the free ends of the holding arms and being resiliently engageable with the corresponding receiving portions at the first position and the second position, wherein one of the receiving portions for first and second positions is arranged before the other with respect to an inserting direction-(MD) of the retainer, the holding arm engageable with the one receiving portion extending in the inserting direction of the retainer from the supported end to the free end while the holding arm engageable with the other receiving portion extending in a direction opposite from the inserting direction of the retainer from the supported end to the free end.