Patent ID: 7445523

Claim:
A connector comprising: an inner housing receiving a terminal, said inner housing including a flexible retaining piece portion for retaining the terminal in the inner housing; and an outer housing which is attached to said inner housing in a direction of insertion of said terminal into said inner housing, wherein said terminal is received in a predetermined position within said inner housing, and said outer housing includes a pressing portion which abuts against or is closely opposed to said terminal in the direction of attaching of said outer housing, wherein said terminal has a contact portion for contact with a mating terminal at a distal end portion thereof and a proximal end portion which is thinner or more flattened than said contact portion, such that said contact portion of said terminal is firstly inserted into said inner housing; and said outer housing further includes a support portion which enters a terminal receiving chamber of said inner housing to support the proximal end portion of said terminal received in said terminal receiving chamber.