Patent ID: 7845989

Claim:
A connector comprising: a terminal fitting accommodation member having terminal fitting insertion spaces extending in a longitudinal direction, the terminal fitting accommodation member further having at least one lock; a tube formed separate from the terminal fitting accommodation member and having opposite front and rear ends, the front end of the tube being mounted in a mounting hole of a panel, the rear end of the tube being mounted to the terminal fitting accommodation member, a stop for preventing said terminal fitting accommodation member from being displaced beyond a correct mounting position, the tube further having at least one lock that engages the lock of the terminal fitting accommodation member when the terminal fitting accommodation member is at a correct mounting position relative to the tube for preventing the terminal fitting accommodation member from being displaced away from the tube; terminal fittings accommodated in the terminal fitting insertion spaces of the terminal fitting accommodation member, each of the terminal fittings having a tab that projects from a front end surface of said terminal fitting accommodation member and into a space surrounded by said tube; a female housing being fit in the front end of said tube, female terminal fittings accommodated inside said female housing and being connected respectively with said tabs; and said terminal fitting accommodation member being configured for mounting on said tube in a direction intersecting a direction in which said female housing is fit in said tube.