Elektrischer Verbinder

An electrical connector comprising a housing (2) having a terminal receiving passageway (8) extending therethrough, where the passageway (8) includes an insertion portion (12) having a longitudinal axis (14) and a contact retaining portion (24) having a longitudinal axis (26), the connector characterized in that the housing (2) includes a first part (4) having the insertion portion (12) therein and a second part (6) having the contact retaining portion (24) therein, where the second part (6) is displaceable between a first position (Figure 6) where the longitudinal axes (14,26) are offset from each other to a second position (Figure 8) where the longitudinal axis (14,26) coincide and where the terminals (86) are insertable in the first position (Figure 6) and retained in the second position (Figure 8). A position assurance feature for contact retaining members is also provided by cooperating camming features that assure assembly of the two parts is always in the first position.