Patent ID: 8784144

Claim:
A terminal fitting having a tube extending in forward and backward directions and including a locking hole is formed at a front end part and which is retained not to come off backward by an engagement of a front end edge of the locking hole with a locking projection of a locking portion formed in a terminal accommodating chamber in a state where the terminal fitting is inserted properly in the terminal accommodating chamber, wherein the tube comprises: a base plate; first and second side plates extending from the base plate, each of the first and second side plates having inner and outer surfaces; a lid opposite the base plate and formed with the locking hole, the lid having a front plate cantilevered from a front end of the first side plate, and arranged forward of the locking hole and a rear plate cantilevered from a rear end of the first side plate independently of the front plate and arranged behind and adjacent to the locking hole; and a retracted portion formed at the rear plate, retracted inwardly of the tube from the front plate to provide a height difference within a range of an engagement margin with the locking projection and capable of facing a rear end part of the locking projection, the retracted portion extending from the first side plate to at least the inner surface of the second side plate.