Patent ID: 8241062

Claim:
A shielding connector comprising: a housing having opposite front and rear ends and terminal accommodating parts extending between the ends for accommodating a plurality of female terminals connected to electric wires so that the electric wires extend from the rear end of the housing; a tubular shielding shell formed from metal and into which said housing is inserted so that said shielding shell extends substantially from the front end to the rear end of the housing; an elastically flexible locking piece cantilevered rearward on said housing and having a rear end spaced outward from the terminal accommodating parts, a flexibility-allowing space defined between the locking piece and the terminal accommodating parts so that the locking piece is resiliently deflectable inwardly in an unlocking direction into the flexibility-allowing space, a hook at a rearward position on the locking piece and locking an open rear edge of said shielding shell for preventing removal of said housing when said housing is inserted properly into said shielding shell; and a retainer mounted on a rear end of said housing and having a portion projecting into the flexibility-allowing space for preventing said elastic locking piece from flexibly displacing in the unlocking direction into the flexibility allowing space, whereby the locking piece and the retainer prevent the shielding shell from separating from the housing in response to rearward pulling forces on the shielding shell.