Patent ID: 6679736
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal fitting insertable along an insertion direction into a connector housing, comprising:a shell having opposite front and rear ends and at least one side surface, an opening formed in the side surface at a location spaced intermediate the front and rear ends; at least one lock cantilevered from the side surface of the shell at the opening and projecting backward with respect to the inserting direction, the lock having a width and having a free end spaced outwardly from the side surface by a selected distance; and at least one protection wall bent up from an edge of the opening behind the free end of the lock with respect to the inserting direction and projecting from the side surface a distance that is substantially equal to the distance, the protection wall further having a width no greater than the width of the lock, such that the protection wall protects the lock.