Claims
- 1. An electrical connector comprising a housing and a rear holder,the housing having a rear portion, and upper and lower sides; a plurality of terminal accommodating holes arranged in the rear portion of the housing, the plurality of terminal accommodating holes respectively receiving connecting terminals, and windows arranged in the upper and lower sides of the housing for providing access into the connecting terminal accommodating holes from outside of the electrical connector; the rear holder having locking means including locking arms for inserting into the terminal accommodating holes in the rear portion of the housing, the locking means locking the rear holder within the housing and holding at one of a first locking position and a second locking position, the locking means engaging the connecting terminals within the terminal accommodating holes at the first locking position and prohibiting removal of the connecting terminals from the terminal accommodating holes at the second locking position; and the windows being adapted to receive electrically conductive probes of a testing tool arranged on the upper and lower sides of the housing, the windows permitting contact of the electrically conductive probes with the connecting terminals locked in the terminal accommodating holes by the locking means at the first locking position for testing electrical conductivity of the connecting terminals.
- 2. An electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the windows are adapted to receive a release tool when the rear holder is locked with the housing at the first locking position, the release tool releasing the rear holder and the housing from the first locking position.
- 3. An electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the locking arms of the locking means are arranged under the windows when the rear holder is locked with the housing at the second locking position, so that access to the connecting terminals locked in the terminal accommodating holes is prohibited when the rear holder and the housing are in the second locking position.
Priority Claims (2)
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10/360748 |
Dec 1998 |
JP |
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10/360749 |
Dec 1998 |
JP |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/868,064, filed Aug. 30, 2001, pending; which is a U.S. national phase application of international application No. PCT/JP99/07075 filed Dec. 16, 1999, which application was not published in English.
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