Patent ID: 7104831

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a first housing accommodating first terminal fittings and having a receptacle surrounding parts of the first terminal fittings, the receptacle having an open front end and a rear end opposite the front end, outer peripheral surface areas extending rearwardly from the front end of the receptacle to the rear end of the receptacle; a second housing accommodating second terminal fittings, the second housing including a substantially tubular fitting having an open front end, a rear end opposite the front end and an inner peripheral surface extending between the front and rear ends of the tubular fitting, the inner peripheral surface of the tubular fitting being dimensioned for telescoped mounting over the receptacle along a connecting direction, and the first and second terminal fittings being connectable when the tubular fitting is telescoped over the receptacle; and preventing projections on the outer peripheral surface of the receptacle at locations spaced rearwardly from the front end of the receptacle and on the inner peripheral surface of the tubular fitting at locations rearwardly of the front end of the tubular fitting, the preventing projections on the receptacle being in positions to contact the tubular fitting at locations spaced from the preventing projections of the tubular fitting as the first and second housings near complete connection and the preventing projections on the tubular fitting being in positions to contact the outer peripheral surface of the receptacle at locations spaced from the preventing projections on the receptacle as the first and second housing near complete connection for preventing a relative displacement of the receptacle and the tubular fitting in directions transverse to the connecting direction as the first and second housings near complete connection without creating connection resistance at earlier stages of the connection.