Patent ID: 7086910

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing with at least one a cavity for accommodating a terminal fitting, the housing having a base surface and first and second opposite side surfaces adjacent the base surface, a retainer-mounting hole open into the base surface and partly into the first and second side surfaces, said retainer-mounting hole communicating with said cavity; a retainer having a base wall and first and second side plates projecting from said base wall, said retainer being inserted into said retainer-mounting hole of said housing along an insertion direction so that said side plates elastically sandwich said side surfaces of said housing therebetween, a to-be-locked portion provided on each of said side plates; first and second temporary locks on each of said side surfaces of said housing and disposed so that a portion of said retainer-mounting hole open on said side surfaces is between said first and second temporary locks on the respective side surface, said temporary locks engaging said to-be-locked portions for retaining said retainer at a temporary locking position at which said retainer permits said terminal fitting ( 30 ) to be inserted in and removed from said cavity; and main locks on each of said side surfaces of said housing and engaging said to-be-locked portions for retaining said retainer at a main locking position at which said retainer locks said terminal fitting.