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An electrical connector 2 includes a connector housing 4, terminals 40 positioned in the housing 4 and a rear secondary locking member 50. Both the terminals 40 and the secondary locking member are inserted into the housing 4 through the rear end. In a prelatched configuration, the rear secondary lo

An electrical connector 2 includes a connector housing 4, terminals 40 positioned in the housing 4 and a rear secondary locking member 50. Both the terminals 40 and the secondary locking member are inserted into the housing 4 through the rear end. In a prelatched configuration, the rear secondary locking member 50 provides clearance for terminal insertion. When moved forward to a latched configuration, deflectable tongues 74 engage the terminals 40 from behind to either move the terminals 40 to a fully inserted position or to prevent removal of properly inserted terminal 40. The deflectable tongues 74 include slots in the tongues into which internal housing wall 12 extend when the tongues 74 are inwardly deflected to provide resistance to extraction forces applied to the terminals 40 through wires. The tongues 74 are joined to a locking member body 52 by a thinner connecting section 86 and the rear secondary locking member 50 can be molded by straight pull mold tooling.

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[ We claim:] [1.] An electrical connector including:housing having multiple rows of cavities extending from a rear end to a mating end;terminals insertable into the cavities through the rear end of the housing;housing latches in the cavities for securing the terminals in the housing; an auxiliary lo

[ We claim:] [1.] An electrical connector including:housing having multiple rows of cavities extending from a rear end to a mating end;terminals insertable into the cavities through the rear end of the housing;housing latches in the cavities for securing the terminals in the housing; an auxiliary locking member securing the terminals in the housing, the auxiliary locking member comprising a body having peripheral walls with a plurality of deflectable tongues, some of said tongues extending from the peripheral walls at the top and the bottom of the body, the other tongues extending from at least one internal rib parallel to the peripheral walls from which some of said deflectable tongues extend, each tongue comprising a single member extending substantially completely between opposite side peripheral walls, the auxiliary locking member being shiftable between a prelatched position, in which the tongues are positioned to permit insertion of terminals through the body into the cavities and a latched position in which the tongues are deflected inwardly behind the terminals to prevent removal of the terminals from the cavities.