Patent ID: 7517247

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends, a front wall at the front end of said housing and a cavity extending through the housing from the front end to the rear end thereof, an open portion being formed in the front wall at said cavity; a front closure mounted to the front end of said housing and configured to close at least part of said open portion; and a terminal fitting with opposite front and rear ends, a terminal fitting body in proximity to the rear end of the terminal fitting and a tab extending forward from said terminal fitting body, the tab having a proximal portion adjacent the terminal fitting body and a connection portion forward of the proximal portion, the terminal fitting being mounted in the cavity so that the tab projects forward through the open portion, the proximal portion of said tab being sandwiched in a thickness direction of said tab between said front closure and an inner surface of said open portion, said proximal portion having a thickness that is less than a thickness of the connection portion.