Patent ID: 6994597

Claim:
A connector comprising: an insulator having a contact receiving portion and a retainer receiving portion that communicate with each other; a conductive contact inserted into said contact receiving portion from a first direction; and a retainer inserted into said retainer receiving portion from said first direction for preventing said contact from coming off in a direction opposite to said first direction, said retainer comprising a body portion and an elastic piece that is elastically deformable and joined to said body portion, said body portion having an excessive deformation preventing portion for preventing excessive deformation of said elastic piece toward said body portion, said elastic piece having a specific lock portion and projecting from said body portion in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction, said contact receiving portion and said retainer receiving portion being adjacent to each other in a third direction perpendicular to said first and second directions, said body portion having a particular lock portion projected in said third direction, said elastic piece is pushed and deformed toward said body portion by an inner wall surface of said retainer receiving portion when said retainer is inserted into said retainer receiving portion, and said insulator having a specific lock receiving portion for locking said specific lock portion when said retainer is inserted to a predetermined position of said retainer receiving portion.