Patent ID: 7048593

Claim:
A connector housing unitarily molded from a synthetic resin and comprising: at least one cavity extending substantially through the housing along a forward and backward direction; an accommodation space extending substantially through the housing transverse to the forward and backward direction and communicating with the cavity; a forwardly open fittable tube at least partly surrounding portions of the housing having the cavity; a mount hole penetrating the fittable tube and aligned with the accommodation space for permitting a retainer to be inserted through the mount hole and into the accommodation space for locking at least one terminal fitting in the at least one cavity; a mold-removal hole penetrating the fittable tube at a side substantially opposite from the mount hole; at least one beam extending between two edges of the mold-removal hole that are substantially transverse to the forward and backward direction; and at least one rib formed on the outer surface of the beam and extending substantially parallel to the beam.