Patent ID: 7182626

Claim:
An electrical connector ( 10 ), comprising: a dielectric housing member ( 12 ) for mounting a plurality of terminals ( 24 ): a cover member ( 14 ) engaged with the housing member and combining therewith to define an interior cavity ( 20 ) for receiving thereinto a plurality of electrical wires ( 18 ) for termination to the terminals; and latch means ( 34 , 46 ) interengaged between the dielectric housing member and the cover member to hold the members together and including an elongate flexible latch arm ( 48 ) projecting from one of the members through the interior cavity into latching engagement with the other member, an open-sided protective silo ( 50 ) projecting from said one member into the interior cavity alongside the elongated latch arm, said latch arm ( 48 ) being flexible into and out of the open side of the silo ( 50 ), whereby the silo ( 50 ) protects the elongated flexible latch arm ( 48 ) and prevents over-flexing thereof.