Patent ID: 9509077
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends and internally formed with a terminal accommodating chamber; a terminal fitting to be inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber from behind and along an inserting direction, a rearward facing locking portion formed on the terminal fitting, and a deflection regulating portion formed at a position on the terminal fitting behind the locking portion; a locking lance made of synthetic resin and cantilevered forward along an inner wall of the terminal accommodating chamber, the locking lance being configured to be contacted by the terminal fitting when inserting the terminal fitting into the terminal accommodating chamber so that the locking lance is deflected resiliently in a resilient deflecting direction intersecting the inserting direction, the locking lance further being configured to return resiliently to a free state when the terminal fitting is inserted properly into the terminal accommodating chamber, the locking lance including: a guiding surface formed on at least one of the pressure receiving surface and the locking portion and configured to deflect the locking lance in a direction toward the terminal fitting when the locking portion presses the pressure receiving surface, wherein the deflection regulating portion is configured to face the contact surface while being spaced apart in a direction substantially parallel to a resilient deflecting direction of the locking lance when the locking lance is in the free state free from resilient deflection.