Connector formed with a retainer having terminal alignment features

A connector, comprising:

• a housing formed with at least one terminal accommodating chamber having opposite front and rear ends and opposite first and second walls extending between the front and rear ends, the second wall having a facing surface facing into the terminal accommodating chamber, the terminal accommodating chamber being configured for receiving a male terminal fitting from behind;
• a front wall at the front end of the terminal accommodating chamber;
• an insertion hole penetrating through the front wall for allowing insertion of a tab of the terminal fitting therethrough when the terminal fitting is inserted in the terminal accommodating chamber;
• a locking lance projecting from the first wall and engageable with a main body of the terminal fitting for retaining the terminal fitting in the terminal accommodating chamber;
• a mold removal space between the first wall and the locking lance and being open through the front wall, the mold removal space communicating with the terminal accommodating chamber;
• the front wall including a partition between the mold removal space and the insertion hole;
• a mounting hole formed through the second wall at a position rearward of the locking lance;
• a retainer pivotably connected to the second wall rearward of the mounting hole and displaceable between a first position where insertion of the terminal fitting into the terminal accommodating chamber is permitted and a second position where the terminal fitting is locked and retained in the terminal accommodating chamber;
• a lock provided forward of the mounting hole to restrict a displacement of the retainer;
• a retracted portion formed in an area of the second wall from the mounting hole to the rear end of the terminal accommodating chamber to mold the lock and retracted from an insertion path for the male terminal fitting;
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• a restriction projecting from a surface of the retainer substantially facing the terminal accommodating chamber, the restriction having a maximum projecting portion aligned with the facing surface when the retainer is in the first position for restricting inclination of the male terminal fitting toward the retracted portion when the retainer is at the first position, the restriction further having a flat pressing surface forward of the maximum projecting portion and pressing the terminal fitting toward the first wall when the retainer is in the second position and a guiding surface rearward of the maximum projecting portion and being sloped to guide the terminal fitting into the terminal accommodating chamber and toward the insertion hole when the retainer is in the first position.