Patent ID: 7165993

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing; at least one cavity formed in the housing to accommodate at least one terminal fitting, the cavity having a widthwise center; an insertion hole formed at a front end of the cavity; a lock arranged to extend substantially along the cavity for locking the terminal fitting inserted into the cavity to prevent the terminal fitting from coming out; a mold-removal hole provided before the lock and formed by partly cutting a wall of the insertion hole to communicate with the insertion hole; and at least one preventing portion formed on the wall of the insertion hole at a lateral side of the mold-removal hole at widthwise outer side of the lock, the preventing portion being longer along an inserting direction of the terminal fitting than the wall of the insertion hole and adapted to prevent a displacement of a portion of the terminal fitting inserted into the insertion hole towards the mold-removal hole by receiving the portion of the terminal fitting, wherein the lock is positioned offset toward one widthwise side from the center of the cavity.