Patent ID: 8636536

Claim:
A connector member for connection with a mating connector comprising: a lance housing having a plurality of terminal receiving slots, a recess opened from a planar top surface and formed in a portion near a rear surface of the lance housing, and a pair of guide walls positioned opposite to each other along and projecting from the planar top surface; a connector housing having a housing recess opening at one side for housing the lance housing; a retainer having a plate part with a hinge disposed at a side closer to the rear surface and a tip end part disposed at another side closer to a front surface, and being fitted into the recess and swingably connected to the lance housing the hinge; and wherein a height of each of the pair of guide walls extends in a direction perpendicular to the top planar surface and gradually increases from the front surface to the rear surface of the lance housing; and wherein the height of the each of the pair of guide walls is equal to or greater than the tip end part of the retainer.