Patent ID: 8419471

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing having at least first and second cavities and at least first and second lances, the first and second lances being formed respectively with first and second lock portions, first and second back surfaces formed on sides of the respective first and second lances opposite the respective first and second lock portions, the lances being elastically bendable from a locking position where the first and second lock portions project at least partly into the respective first and second cavities and a non-locking position where the first and second lock portions are at least partly removed from the first and second cavities, areas of the first and second cavities in proximity to the first and second lances communicating with one another so that the first back surface projects at least partly into the second cavity when the first lance is in the non-locking position; and at least first and second terminal fittings insertable respectively into the first and second cavities, the terminal fittings being configured for interfering with the lock portion during insertion of each of the terminal fittings into the respective cavity and bending the respective lance from the locking position to the non-locking position, the terminal fittings further being configured for permitting the respective lances to return resiliently to the locking position for locking the terminal fitting in the respective cavity, the second terminal fitting being formed with an escape dent disposed to accommodate part of the first back surface when the first lance is bent into the non-locking position.