Patent ID: 7481665

Claim:
A connector comprising: a first housing having a front end and a hood open at the front end; a second housing having a terminal fitting accommodation part with opposite front and rear end, the front ends of the terminal fitting accommodation part being configured to be telescoped into the open front end of the hood of the first housing along a connecting direction, a wall spaced outwardly from the terminal fitting accommodation part sufficiently for moving along an outer surface of the hood when the terminal fitting accommodation part is telescoped into the hood; at least one elastic hold-down piece formed unitarily on the second housing and cantilevered rearwardly from the wall of the second housing, the elastic hold-down piece being configured for elastically contacting the outer surface of the hood of the first housing at an angle to the connecting direction for substantially preventing shaking between the first and second housings in directions transverse to the connecting direction; and a retainer engageable with the second housing for movement between a first position where the retainer is spaced from the elastic hold-down piece and a second position where the retainer urges the elastic hold-down piece against the first housing, the retainer being configured for preventing the elastic hold-down piece from being displaced out of engagement with the first housing when the first and second housings are telescoped together.