Connector with rear holder

Abstract

A connector with a rear holder in which simultaneously when attaching the rear holder to a housing, connector terminals can be easily and positively pushed in the housing. In the connector with the rear holders, each rear holder has, at its front end, retaining projections for respectively pushing the connector terminals, and is connected to the housing through hinges. Guide portions of the rear holder are slidably received respectively in guide grooves formed respectively in opposite side walls of the housing. Each of the guide grooves has a first horizontal portion for slidably supporting the associated guide portion in a provisionally-retained condition of the rear holder, a slanting surface portion for guiding the associated retaining projection in an inclined manner therealong into the associated terminal receiving chamber, and a second horizontal portion for guiding the retaining projection, abutted against the one end of the connector terminal, into a predetermined position in the terminal receiving chamber.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.