Patent ID: 6837753

Claim:
A split-type connector comprising: a holder; auxiliary connectors configured for mounting in the holder along a mounting direction, each auxiliary connector having a detection rib, the auxiliary connectors each having at least one terminal fitting mounted therein; and a retainer mounted to the holder and movable along a retainer mounting direction between a first position where the auxiliary connectors can be mounted into the holder and a second position where the auxiliary connectors are locked in the holder by the retainer, at least one returning slanted surface formed on a front surface of the retainer, the returning slanted surface being disposed for being contacted by he detection ribs of the auxiliary connectors as the auxiliary connectors are being mounted into the holder and while the retainer is at the second position, the returning slanted surface being aligned at an acute angle to the mounting direction of the auxiliary connectors into the holder and at an acute angle to the retainer mounting direction so that the contact by the detection rib of the auxiliary connectors with the returning slanted surface pushes the retainer to the first position for permitting complete mounting of the auxiliary connectors into the holder.