Connector

A connector comprising a housing (20) having opposite front and rear ends, at least one cavity (21) extending between the front and rear ends along inserting and withdrawing direction (IWD), at least one lock (27) formed in the housing (20) and being resiliently deformable along a deforming direction (DD) substantially normal to the inserting and withdrawing direction (IWD), a deformation space (S) on a side of the lock (27) opposite the cavity (21) for accommodating deformation of the lock (27) in the deforming direction (DD), the deformation space (S) being defined partly by a wall (26b) opposed to the lock (27), the wall (26b) being substantially parallel to the inserting and withdrawing direction (IWD), and a reinforcement (36) bulging towards the wall (26b) from a surface of the lock (27) facing the deformation space (S), the reinforcement (36) being configured so that a cross-sectional area of the lock (27) normal to the inserting and withdrawing direction (IWD) is greater at the reinforcement (36) than at other locations on the lock (27) and so that a surface of the reinforcement (S) facing into the deformation space (S) substantially abuts the wall (26b) when the lock (27) is deformed a predetermined maximum amount in the deforming direction (DD).

A connector comprising a housing (20) with opposite front and rear ends, a cavity (21) extending between the front and rear ends along inserting and withdrawing directions (IWD), a lock (27) cantilevered forwardly into the cavity (21) from a support (31c) and being resiliently deformable along a deforming direction (DD) substantially normal to the inserting and withdrawing direction (IWD), a deformation space (S) on a side of the lock (27) opposite the cavity (21) for accommodating sufficient deformation of the lock (27) in the deforming direction (DD) for permitting insertion of a terminal fitting (11) into the cavity (21), the deformation space (S) being defined partly by a wall (26b) opposed to the lock (27), the wall (26b) being substantially parallel to the inserting and withdrawing direction (IWD), the lock (27) having a surface (31) facing the wall (26b), the surface (31) having a rear section (31d) substantially parallel to the wall (26b) when the lock (27) is unbiased and an intermediate section (31e) aligned at an acute angle to the wall (26b) when the lock is unbiased, the intermediate section (31e) substantially abutting the wall (26b) when the lock (27) is deformed in the deforming direction (DD) an amount required for inserting the terminal fitting (11) into the cavity (21).