Patent ID: 7175483

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends and cavities extending between the ends for receiving terminal fittings from the rear end of the housing, opposite first and second side surfaces extending between the front and rear ends of the housing and opposite top and bottom surfaces extending between the front and rear ends of the housing, a retainer mounting space extending into the bottom surface of the housing and communicating with the respective cavities; a retainer mounted to said housing for movement in a direction obliquely intersecting an insertion direction of said terminal fittings between a temporary locking position where insertion of said terminal fittings into said housing is allowed and a main locking position where said terminal fittings are held, and an operation portion projecting down from a rear part of the retainer; and an interference prevention portion substantially aligned with a rear part of the retainer and projecting down from the bottom surface of the housing a distance at least as far as the retainer when the retainer is in the temporary locking position, the interference prevention portion extending inwardly from the respective first and second side surfaces of the housing towards a middle part of the housing, a cut-out being formed in the interference prevention portion intermediate the opposite sides of the housing for permitting the operation portion of the retainer to be pressed from a position rearward from said retainer when said retainer is at said temporary locking position.