Patent ID: 7238041

Claim:
A connector, comprising; a housing including a hood for receiving a mating connector; a lock projecting inwardly on the hood for keeping the mating connector fitting in said hood when a to-be-lock portion of the mating connector is locked to said lock; a locking means penetration space reward of said lock for receiving said to-be-lock portion of said mating connector, said locking means penetration space being open to areas outside the hood along a direction intersecting a fit-in/separation direction of said mating connector; and reinforcing potion protecting in from said hood at a rear of said locking means penetration space and opposed to said lock, the reinforcing projection extending in said fit-in/separation direction of said mating connector, guide surfaces formed at widthwise ends of a surface of said reinforcing portion opposed to the said lock for guiding the mating connector into said hood, and wherein a widthwise dimension of said locking means penetration space becomes gradually larger towards said guide surfaces.