Patent ID: 6837733

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends and at least one cavity extending between the ends for accommodating at least one terminal fitting inserted along an inserting direction, opposed facing guide grooves substantially adjacent the rear end of the housing and extending substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction defined by the cavity; a cover having oppositely directed ribs slidably assembled in the guide grooves of the housing at a partly assembled cover position where the terminal fitting can be inserted into the cavity and being slidably movable substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction to a properly assembled cover position for substantially covering the cavity and the terminal fitting, a detecting means movable substantially perpendicular to the sliding direction of the cover for detecting whether the housing is connected properly with a mating connector based on whether the detecting means can be assembled with the housing at a properly assembled detector position, and a unifying means for holding the housing and the cover at the partly assembled cover position by static friction for transfer to an assembly site.