Patent ID: 8858259

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing made of synthetic resin and formed with a terminal accommodating chamber; a locking lance cantilevered forward along an inner wall surface of the terminal accommodating chamber and resiliently deformable in directions toward and away from the terminal accommodating chamber; a locking projection integrally formed on the locking lance and projecting toward the terminal accommodating chamber; a terminal fitting to be inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber from behind; a locking hole formed in the terminal fitting and configured to retain the terminal fitting by being engaged with the locking projection when the terminal fitting is inserted in the terminal accommodating chamber; two receiving ribs formed in the housing at opposite sides of the locking lance in a width direction intersecting with a resilient deforming direction of the locking lance; two first restrictions integrally formed on opposite left and right outer side surfaces of the locking lance at a side of the receiving ribs opposite the terminal accommodating chamber in the resilient deforming direction of the locking lance and held out of contact with the receiving ribs when the locking lance is not resiliently deformed; and two second restrictions integrally formed on the opposite left and right outer side surfaces of the locking lance, opposed to an open outer surface formed with the locking hole and held out of contact with the open outer surface when the locking lance is not deformed.