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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1999
Joel Victor Damocles Salaguinto, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tomohiko Kimura, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector apparatus includes: a male housing provided with a flexible engagement lance being engaged with the female terminal so as to prevent the female terminal from slipping out; a female housing provided with a flexible engagement lance being engaged with the male terminal so as to prevent the male terminal from slipping out; and a retainer. In the construction, the retainer is engaged in a regular engagement position with a male and a female connectors which are in the fitted state and is inserted into deflection spaces of the flexible engagement lances so as to prevent deflection thereof. When a male or female terminal is inserted into each of the terminal housing chambers incompletely and the male housing is fitted into the hood section halfway, the retainer prevents movement from a temporary engagement position to another regular engagement position.