Holding member

A holding member configured to form a connector which comprises a contact connected to a cable, wherein:

• the holding member comprises a first holding member and a second holding member, one of which is configured to hold the contact, and a remaining one of which is configured to hold the cable;
• the first holding member and the second holding member have a first imaginary axis and a second imaginary axis, respectively;
• the first holding member and the second holding member are combinable with each other along a front-rear direction under a state where the first imaginary axis and the second imaginary axis are equal to each other;
• one of the first holding member and the second holding member that is configured to hold the cable has a cable holding portion which is configured to hold a part of the cable so that the cable extends in a direction different from the front-rear direction;
• the first holding member has first stop portions;
• the second holding member has one or more support portions and one or more second stop portions;
• each of the support portions is resiliently deformable;
• each of the second stop portions is supported by one of the support portions;
• each of the second stop portions supported by the one of the support portions is movable in a direction intersecting with the front-rear direction in accordance with resilient deformation of the one of the support portions;
• and
• under a combined state where the first holding member and the second holding member are combined with each other, the first stop portions are grouped into a first group of one or more of the first stop portions and a second group of remaining one or more of the first stop portions, each of the second stop portions faces one or more of the first stop portions of the first group in the front-rear direction, and each of the first stop portions of the second group faces none of the second stop portions in the front-rear direction.