Patent ID: 8317541

Claim:
A connector formed with at least one cavity for accommodating at least one respective terminal fitting, comprising: a housing with opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along a longitudinal direction, the front end having a tab insertion hole for enabling mating of the terminal fitting with a mating terminal fitting, an opening extending into the housing in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction to expose the cavity laterally to areas outside the housing over substantially an entire length of the cavity along the longitudinal direction of the housing so that the terminal fitting can be accommodated into the cavity through the opening and along the direction transverse to the longitudinal direction; at least one restriction rigidly formed in the housing for engaging the terminal fitting and preventing the terminal fitting from coming out backward in the longitudinal direction; and a cover mounted on the housing to open or close the opening in a plane direction of the opening that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the housing.