Patent ID: 7048569

Claim:
A connector, comprising a housing having opposite front and rear ends, a terminal accommodating portion rearward of the front end and configured for holding terminals, a receptacle extending forward in a front to rear direction from the terminal accommodating portion to the front end of the housing for surrounding portions of the terminals, a locking hole penetrating a wall of the receptacle rearward of the front end for engaging a locking piece of a mating connector, and a reinforcing rib between the locking hole and the front end of the receptacle, the reinforcing rib projecting outwardly on the wall of the receptacle in a direction transverse to the front to rear direction so that portions of the receptacle at the reinforcing rib define a thickness in the direction transverse to the front to rear direction that exceeds the thickness of the receptacle at location rearward of the locking hole.