Patent ID: 7278862

Claim:
A connector for an electric or electronic device, the connector having a housing with a terminal holding portion having opposite front and rear ends and terminal insertion holes extending in a longitudinal direction between the front and rear ends, terminal fittings having at least intermediate portions in the terminal insertion holes and have rear ends projecting rearwardly beyond the rear end of the terminal holding portion for connection with the electric or electronic device, the housing having a substantially lattice-shaped reinforcement spaced outwardly from the respective terminal fittings at the rear end of the terminal holding portion and defining displacement permitting areas at least partly around the terminal fittings for permitting displacements of the terminal fittings in directions intersecting longitudinal directions, the terminal holding portion including at least one wall extending back beyond the terminal fittings and reinforcing walls coupling the wall to the lattice-shaped reinforcement at the rear of the terminal holding portion.