Connector assembly

A connector assembly, comprising:

• a male housing having at least one male terminal fitting mounted therein;
• a receptacle formed on the male housing and at least partly surrounding at least one tab of the at least one male terminal fitting;
• a moving plate accommodated in the receptacle and positioning the at least one tab, the moving plate being movable between an initial position and a connection position;
• at least one retaining projection formed on an inner wall of the receptacle and configured to restrict a displacement of the moving plate at the initial position in a direction to be separated out of the receptacle;
• a female housing configured to connect to and separate from the male housing by moving parallel to the moving plate in the receptacle;
• at least one resilient locking piece formed on the moving plate to project substantially parallel to a moving direction of the moving plate and being resiliently deformable;
• and
• at least one lock formed in the female housing and configured to be locked to the at least one resilient locking piece and to pull the moving plate at the connection position back to the initial position, the at least one resilient locking piece being displaceable between a position where the at least one lock is locked to the resilient locking piece and a position where the at least one lock is not locked to the at least one resilient locking piece by resiliently deforming the at least one resilient locking piece;
• wherein the moving plate is configured to be curved resiliently and deformed to incline a projecting direction of the at least one resilient locking piece.