Patent ID: 7134901

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a first housing ( 30 ) having a receptacle ( 35 ) and at least one first terminal fitting ( 39 ) having a terminal portion ( 40 ) surrounded at least partly by the receptacle ( 35 ); a moving plate ( 50 ) at least partly accommodated in the receptacle ( 35 ) and movable between a first position ( 1 P) where the moving plate ( 50 ) engages leading ends of the terminal portions ( 40 ) and a second position ( 2 P) where the moving plate ( 50 ) engages base ends of the terminal portions ( 40 ); a second housing ( 10 ) at least partly fittable into the receptacle ( 35 ) and configured for pushing the moving plate ( 50 ) from the first position ( 1 P) substantially to the second position ( 2 P); a receiving portion ( 52 ) provided in an intermediate part of a mating surface of the moving plate ( 50 ); at least one resiliently deformable latch ( 42 ) in the receptacle ( 35 ) and configured to engage the receiving portion ( 52 ) for preventing movement of the moving plate ( 50 ) from the first position ( 1 P) to the second position ( 2 P); and at least one release ( 22 ) on the second housing ( 10 ) for deforming the latch ( 42 ) out of engagement with the receiving portion ( 52 ) substantially as the two housings ( 30 , 10 ) are being connected for permitting the moving plate ( 50 ) to move towards the second position ( 2 P).