Patent ID: 7661986

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing; first terminal fitting accommodating chambers arranged in an arrangement direction in the housing for receiving first terminal fittings; at least one second terminal fitting accommodating chamber for receiving at least one second terminal fitting, the second terminal fitting accommodating chamber being adjacent the first terminal fitting accommodating chambers in a direction aligned at an angle to the arrangement direction and being between the first terminal fitting accommodating chambers in the arrangement direction; first locking lances in the first terminal fitting accommodating chambers and being engageable with the first terminal fittings, the first locking lances being resiliently deformable into first deformation spaces defined at least partly lateral to the second terminal fitting accommodating chamber; and at least one second locking lance in the second terminal fitting accommodating chamber and being engageable with the second terminal fitting, the second locking lance being resiliently deformable into a second deformation space at least partly between the first terminal fitting accommodating chambers.