Patent ID: 7695325

Claim:
A connector, comprising: an outer housing including a receptacle and a connection space at a back end part of the receptacle an inner housing inserted into the receptacle of the outer housing and at least partly fit in the connection space, the inner housing being configured for holding one or more terminal fittings, ribs being formed on an outer peripheral surface of the inner housing for sliding contact with an inner peripheral surface of the receptacle for preventing relative displacements of the inner housing in directions intersecting an assembling direction with respect to the receptacle; and a retainer mounted in the inner housing, the retainer being movable between a first position for permitting insertion of the terminal fittings and a second position for engaging and retaining the terminal fittings, part of the retainer projecting from the outer peripheral surface of the inner housing, and an outer surface of the part of the retainer projecting from the inner housing being aligned substantially parallel to a moving direction of the retainer between the first and second positions and being in slidable contact with the inner peripheral surface of the receptacle as the inner housing is being inserted into the outer housing and as the receptacle is being moved between the first and second positions.