Patent ID: 7008254

Claim:
A connector for connection with a mating connector, the mating connector having a mating housing made of a synthetic resin and mating terminal fittings therein, the connector comprising: a housing made of a synthetic resin and have a terminal fittings therein for connection with the mating terminal fittings when the connector and the mating connector are connected; and a lock arm having a projection for engaging the mating housing and holding the mating connector in a connected state with the connector, the lock arm being made of metal and being pressingly held on the housing at a location spaced from the terminal fittings and at least partly in a lock-arm arranging space recessed in the housing wherein the lock arm is configured to undergo a substantially seesaw-like deformation, wherein a substantially flat metal reinforcement covers an outer surface of a part of the housing where the lock-arm arranging space is formed, the lock arm being unitary whit the reinforcement.