Abstract: A body-mounted connector having on one side a shroud with a mating connector socket and on the other side a terminal housing member. The connector is secured to the body member of an automobile with the front edge of the shroud projecting from a mounting hole opened in the body member. A spacer can slide freely along the inside surface of the shroud. An initial engagement member for holding the spacer in the partially engaged position is formed on the shroud. A movable locking member projects at the front edge of the shroud. The spacer slides along the movable locking member such that when the spacer is moved to the main engagement position, the movable locking member moves with the spacer to the body engagement position, and locks the connector to the body member.

Abstract: A body mounting type electrical connector comprising: a hood which is provided at one end portion of the electrical connector and is formed with an opening for receiving a mating electrical connector; a housing for accommodating a plurality of terminals, which is provided at the other end portion of the electrical connector; the electrical connector being inserted into a mounting hole of a body member from a distal end of the hood so as to project the distal end of the hood out of an outer surface of the body member such that the electrical connector is mounted on the body member; a hook portion which, when the mating electrical connector is inserted into the opening of the electrical connector initially from one of upper and lower portions of a distal end of the mating electrical connector, is provided at a corresponding one of upper and lower portions of the distal end of the hood so as to be engaged with an inner surface of the body member; and a flexible lock which is provided at the other of the the uppe