Patent ID: 8096841

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing with at least one terminal accommodating chamber for accommodating at least one terminal fitting and a retainer mount opening formed in an outer surface and communicating with the terminal accommodating chamber, at least one cutout extending from an opening edge of the retainer mount opening to an adjacent side surface of the housing; and a retainer detachably mounted into the housing and substantially closing the retainer mount opening, the retainer including at least one terminal lock engaging the terminal fitting and preventing the terminal fitting from being withdrawn from the terminal accommodating chamber, the retainer being disposed relative to the cutout to define at least one jig insertion opening formed in the side surface of the housing adjacent the surface with the retainer mount opening, the jig insertion opening being enclosed by the retainer mounted in the housing and the cutout, the retainer including at least one blocking wall at least partly interposed between the terminal accommodating chamber and the jig insertion opening for blocking a flow path from the jig insertion opening into the terminal accommodating chamber.