Patent ID: 7014505

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a connector housing having opposite front and rear ends and at least one cavity extending between the ends, an insertion groove being formed in an inner wall of the cavity and extending forward from the rear end of the housing; at least one terminal fitting insertable into the cavity in a rear to front direction, a stabilizer projecting from an outer surface of the terminal fitting and receivable in the insertion groove for guiding the terminal fitting into the cavity; and a resiliently deformable lock on an inner wall of the cavity forward of the insertion groove and engageable with the terminal fitting properly accommodated in the cavity, the lock including a locking section engageable with an engaging section of the terminal fitting and an escaping recess formed at a part of the lock rearward of the locking section and at least partly overlapping the locking section with respect to a width direction, the escaping recess being adjacent to, forward of and communicating with the insertion groove and being disposed and dimensioned for receiving the stabilizers.