Patent ID: 8602819

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing with at least one cavity, a front wall, and a resiliently deformable locking lance cantilevered from an inner surface of the cavity; a terminal fitting inserted in the cavity, the terminal fitting being configured to deform the locking lance during insertion of the terminal fitting into the cavity and further being configured to permit the locking lance to return resiliently and retain the terminal fitting when a front end of the terminal fitting is abutting the front wall; at least one projection projecting from a side where the front wall is located toward a side where the locking lance is located, the projection being arranged to permit the locking lance to deform resiliently sufficiently for insertion of the terminal fitting into the cavity, but further being configured to contact the locking lance from a side substantially opposite a resilient deforming direction of the locking lance when the locking lance is about to be deformed excessively.