Patent ID: 7344419

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a connector housing; and a front holder attached to said connector housing from a front side thereof; said connector housing including: a terminal receiving chamber into which a metal terminal can be inserted from a rear side thereof; an elastic lance for retaining said metal terminal, inserted into said terminal receiving chamber from the rear side, to prevent rearward withdrawal of said metal terminal; an elastic deformation space for said lance; and a front holder insertion space which is provided at a front side of said elastic deformation space in continuous relation thereto such that said front holder can be inserted into a predetermined position in said front holder insertion space from the front side of said connector housing; and said front holder including: a lance holding portion which enters said elastic deformation space to prevent elastic deformation of said lance when said front holder is mounted into said front holder insertion space of said connector housing from the front side thereof; and wherein an engagement portion is provided between said lance and said lance holding portion, and when said lance and said lance holding portion are engaged with each other, said engagement portion prevents forward movement of said front holder, and transmits a rearward force which is applied from said metal terminal to said lance, to said front holder.