Patent ID: 7402069

Claim:
A connector comprising: a connector housing including a housing main body having terminal receiving chambers for receiving terminals, and a tubular shroud on which a notched groove is formed in a length direction of the terminal, where a whole housing main body is received in the tubular shroud such that a rear end of the housing main body is connected to a rear end wall of the shroud; and a half-fit detecting member receiving the tubular shroud and the connector housing, the half-fit detecting member having a deformation-preventing member abutting on the shroud for preventing the notched groove from being deformed in a direction of reducing a groove width thereof; wherein a pair of abutting walls facing each other is formed on both sides of the notched groove, and the deformation-preventing member is a pair of abutting pieces respectively abutting on the pair of abutting walls; wherein a fitting groove is formed on one of an outer sidewall of the shroud and an inner sidewall of the half-fit detecting member, and a fitting projection for fitting to the fitting groove is formed on the other of said half-fit detecting member and shroud; and wherein each of the abutting walls is positioned in between the fitting projection and the abutting piece.