| CPC H01R 13/4365 (2013.01) | 2 Claims |
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1. A connector, comprising:
a female connector; and
a male connector to be fit into the female connector,
the female connector including a female housing having a receptacle open on one side in a connecting direction, a female terminal to be accommodated into a female terminal accommodating portion inside the female housing and a front retainer movable in the connecting direction between a partial locking position and a full locking position with respect to the male housing,
the front retainer allowing resilient deformation of a locking lance provided in the female terminal accommodating portion at the partial locking position, whereby the female terminal is insertable into the female terminal accommodating portion,
the front retainer suppressing the resilient deformation of the locking lance at the full locking position, whereby the female terminal is held in the female terminal accommodating portion,
the female housing including a stopper portion resiliently deformable in a direction intersecting the connecting direction,
the male connector including a contact portion extending in the connecting direction, the contact portion contacting the stopper portion,
the front retainer including a stopper releasing portion to be engaged with the stopper portion,
a tip part of the contact portion contacting the stopper portion with the front retainer held at the partial locking position, whereby connection of the male connector and the female connector is suppressed, and
the stopper releasing portion being engaged with the stopper portion and resiliently deforming the stopper portion with the front retainer held at the full locking position, whereby the stopper portion is arranged not to contact the tip part of the contact portion and the connection of the male connector and the female connector is allowed.
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