Patent ID: 7661985

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing formed with at least one cavity for receiving a terminal fitting inserted in an inserting direction, a locking lance extending forward along an inner wall of the cavity and resiliently deformable in a direction intersecting with the inserting direction of the terminal fitting into the cavity, and a locking projection projecting from the locking lance for engaging and retaining the terminal fitting, the locking projection including a first locking area arranged at a projecting end of the locking projection and engageable with the terminal fitting when the locking lance is not resiliently deformed, and a second locking area arranged at a base end of the locking projection the second locking area not being engaged with the terminal fitting when the locking lance is not resiliently deformed, but being engageable with the terminal fitting when the locking lance is deformed towards the cavity, wherein a deformation space is provided for permitting the resilient deformation of the locking lance, a space before the locking lance communicating vertically with a space before the deformation space to define a mold removal space that is formed upon removing a mold for forming the locking lance and the deformation space, and a direction of removing the mold being substantially parallel to the inserting direction of the terminal fitting into the cavity and a partition is formed at a front wall of the cavity between the entrance hole and the mold removal space.