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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Hisashi Konoya, Yokkaichi, JP;
Hideto Nakamura, Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Mie, JP;
Abstract
A connector includes a housing for receiving electrical terminals and a retainer for retaining the terminals in the housing. The retainer has a plate-shaped body and a pair of reinforcing wall portions that slidingly contact an outer surface of the housing. The reinforcing wall portions are at right and left ends of the plate-shaped body, respectively. When the retainer is placed at a temporary position on the housing and a pressing force is applied to only the one end of the plate-shaped body, only the pressed side of the reinforcing wall portion moves to a locking position. As a result, the plate-shaped body inclines with respect to the upper surface of the housing. At this time, the plate-shaped body and the reinforcing wall portion elastically stretch. This stretch generates an elastic restoring force that urges the plate-shaped body to become parallel with the upper surface of the housing. As a result, the other side of the reinforcing wall portion moves downward, and the retainer reaches the locking position on both sides.