Patent ID: 8147261

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a male connector with a forwardly open tubular receptacle and male terminal fittings accommodated in the male housing; a moving plate inserted in the receptacle in a mating direction with the male connector and including a plate-like plate main body with positioning holes for receiving and positioning the male terminal fittings, the moving plate being movable toward a back side of the receptacle from an initial position where leading ends of the male terminal fittings project through the positioning holes and beyond a front surface of the plate main body, at least one protection wall projecting forward from the plate main body and beyond the leading ends of the male terminal fittings for protecting the leading ends of the male terminal fittings projecting at the initial position; and a female connector configured to fit into the receptacle in the mating direction and having at least one recess for accommodating the protection wall when the male and female connectors are connected in the mating direction, wherein the moving plate has a peripheral wall portion projecting forward from or near a peripheral edge of the plate main body and at least one lateral end of the protection wall is connected to the peripheral wall portion, at least one cutout being formed in a front end of the protection wall.