Patent ID: 8870599

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing having an electric component accommodating wall with a tubular portion, an end wall with a lead wire insertion hole penetrating therethrough, and an opening opposite the end wall; an electric component having a column-shaped main body and at least one lead wire projecting from the main body in a longitudinal direction of the main body, the electric component configured to be accommodated in the tubular portion through the opening with the lead wire led out through the lead wire insertion hole; at least one terminal fitting held in the housing, the at least one terminal fitting having a connecting portion connected to the lead wire at an outer side of the electric component accommodating wall; at least one space formed adjacent to and substantially around a base of the lead wire projecting from a main body of the electric component; and at least one guide between the lead wire insertion hole and the connecting portion for guiding the lead wire from the lead wire insertion hole towards a surface of the connecting portion.