Patent ID: 8021199

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a plurality of connecting terminals each having a contact portion to be connected to a cooperating connecting terminal and a clamp portion to which an electric wire is to be connected; two housings each having a plurality of tubular portions formed in a front portion of the housing for holding the contact portions of said connecting terminals and an open surface formed in one surface of a rear portion of the housing for arranging the clamp portions of said connecting terminals; a single holder for closing said open surfaces of said two housings, wherein locking portions are formed in upper and lower surfaces of the holder for preventing said connecting terminals from moving in a backward direction; and a single outer cover for covering said two housings; wherein the contact portions of said connecting terminals are inserted into the tubular portions of said two housings, being guided by a plurality of partition walls, from the rear portion of each of said two housings to prevent up and down movement of said connecting terminals, and wherein each connecting terminal is temporally engaged by clamping a claw portion of a resilient strip, included in a corresponding tubular portion, into a cut-out portion of the corresponding contact portion, and then, final engagement is accomplished by pushing each housing into said holder, thereby closing the open surface of each housing and preventing undesired backward movement of said connecting terminals.