Patent ID: 7374465

Claim:
A connector comprising a housing having opposite front and rear ends, at least one cavity penetrating the housing in forward and backward directions, a lock at least partly in the cavity, at least one terminal fitting accommodated in the cavity, the terminal fitting having opposite front and rear ends, a tubular main portion adjacent the front end of the terminal fitting and a locking hole formed in a wall of the main portion rearward of the front end of the terminal fitting, the lock including a locking projection defining a portion of the lock that is inserted through the locking hole and into the main portion, the locking projection having a front end for engaging an edge of the wall defining the locking hole, the locking protection further having a rear end rearward of the front end, and a resiliently deformable tongue extending from the wall substantially at the front end of the terminal fitting and being folded back into the main portion, the tongue having a contact point for contacting a tab inserted in the main portion, the tongue further having an extending end defining a part of the tongue farthest from the front end of the terminal fitting, the extending end of the tongue being behind the contact point and inward from at least portions of the locking projection, the front end of the locking projection being between the extending end and the front end of the terminal fitting, the rear end of the locking projection being between the extending end and the rear end of the terminal fitting.