Patent ID: 7588446

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing with a receptacle for receiving a mating housing, and at least one moving plate for positioning at least one terminal fitting in the receptacle, wherein: the moving plate has a main body with at least one positioning hole, the moving plate being movable from an initial position to an end position at a back side of the receptacle as the mating housing is fit in the receptacle, a leading end of the male terminal fitting projecting through the positioning hole and from a front surface of the main body when the moving plate is at the initial position, and at least one protection wall projecting from the front surface of the main body and configured for protecting a leading end of the terminal fitting when the moving plate is at the initial position, wherein the protection wall is permitted to escape into a recess of the mating housing, wherein a projecting end of the protection wall is aligned with or forward of the leading end of the terminal fitting at the initial position.