Patent ID: 7037133

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a wide substantially flat housing formed of synthetic resin and having a front end for mating with another connector and a rear end opposite the front end, said housing having a cross-sectionally small part adjacent the front end and a cross-sectionally larger part adjacent to and rearward of the cross-sectionally small part, such that a step is defined between the cross-sectionally small and larger parts of the housing, the step facing towards the front end of the housing; at least one rib projecting out from the cross-sectionally larger part of the housing and extending entirely around an outer periphery of the cross-sectionally larger part; a bracket mounted on the cross-sectionally larger part and having a groove engaging the at least one rib to prevent the bracket from moving between the front and rear ends of the housing; and a plurality of terminal fittings accommodated substantially side by side in said housing, each of said terminal fittings having opposite front and rear ends, a barrel at the rear end of the terminal fitting and fixed to an end of an electric wire so that the wire extends from the rear end of the housing, and a box-shaped body disposed forward from the barrel and between the barrel and the front end of the housing, the body being configured to be connected with a terminal fitting of a mating connector, the body of each of said terminal fittings being disposed partly in the cross-sectionally small part and partly in the cross-sectionally larger part.