CONNECTOR AND A METHOD FOR CONNECTING SUCH CONNECTOR WITH A MATING CONNECTOR

摘要

A connector has a housing (20) with a receptacle (22) and locks (24) for engaging male terminal fittings (10) in the housing (20). A retainer (30) is mounted in the receptacle (22) and has a preventing plate (31) that projects into a deformation permitting spaces (25) for preventing resilient deformation of locks (24) and doubly locking the terminal fittings (10) in the housing (20). A mating housing (60) can be fit into the receptacle (22) and pushes the retainer (30) back to a pushed-in position while resiliently compressing a spring (43). When the housing (60) is withdrawn from the receptacle (22), the retainer (30) is pushed back by a resilient restoring force of the spring (43). During this time, insertion holes (32) of the retainer (30) move along tabs (12) of the terminal fittings (10) for automatically correcting misalignment.