Patent ID: 7306486

Claim:
A connector, comprising: an outer housing having opposite front and rear ends and a side wall extending rearwardly from the front end, at least one engaging portion projecting out from the side wall, at least one lock formed at the side wall rearward of the engaging portion and being resiliently deformable in a thickness direction of the side wall into a deformation area adjacent the outer surface of the side wall, two guide rails formed on the side wall, projections formed on the respective guide rails and projecting towards one another at positions spaced outwardly from the outer surface of the side wall; an inner housing connectable at least partly inside the outer housing so that the lock is at an outer side of the inner housing in a properly connected state of the housings, the inner housing having at least one interlocking portion at the outer side of the inner housing and being engageable with the lock to hold the housings together; and a bracket being inserted between the outer surface of the side wall and the projections of the guide rails and into the deformation area for the lock, the bracket having at least one locking section engageable with the engaging portion at the side wall of the outer housing for holding a portion of the bracket in the deformation area for the lock and holding the lock engaged with the interlocking portion of the inner housing.