Connector

A connector, comprising:

• a housing formed with a terminal accommodating portion extending in forward to backward directions, a lock formed at a front end of the terminal accommodating portion and having a rearwardly facing locking surface;
• a terminal fitting to be inserted into the terminal accommodating portion from behind the housing;
• and
• a front retainer to be assembled with a front end part of the housing, and displaceable in a front-rear direction between a partial lock position where the front retainer is mounted on the housing to allow insertion and withdrawal of the terminal fitting in the terminal accommodating portion and a full locking position where the front retainer is mounted on the housing to retain the terminal fitting in the terminal accommodating portion, the front retainer having a front panel and a substantially tubular portion extending rearward from the front panel and configured to receive the terminal accommodating portion from behind, the tubular portion having an inner surface with a retaining projection and a locking projection projecting therefrom, the retaining projecting biting into the locking surface when the front retainer is at the partial lock position, and the locking projection being spaced forward from the retaining projection and biting into the locking surface when the front retainer is at the full locking position;
• wherein
• the locking surface is inclined with respect to an assembling direction of the front retainer with the housing;
• a front surface of the retaining projection is inclined with respect to the inner surface of the tubular portion to contact the locking surface at a first position, and
• a front surface of the locking projection is inclined with respect to the inner surface of the tubular portion to contact the locking surface at a second position aligned substantially vertically with the first position and spaced laterally from the first position.