Patent ID: 9570830
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A terminal holding member having a tubular shape and including an accommodation portion into which an electroconductive member is inserted, the terminal holding member elastically holding a mating terminal and the electroconductive member when the mating terminal is inserted into a gap that is formed by the accommodation portion and the electroconductive member inserted into the accommodation portion, the terminal holding member comprising: a bottom portion that supports a bottom surface of the electroconductive member inserted into the accommodation portion; a surface-contact portion comprising an inner surface that faces the bottom portion and that is capable of coming into surface-contact with a first surface of the mating terminal; and a spring portion that connects the bottom portion and the surface-contact portion to each other so that the terminal holding member has spring properties with which the surface-contact portion is urged toward the bottom portion, the spring portion comprising an arch-shaped portion, wherein a distance in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface of the surface-contact portion between a top of the arch-shaped portion and the bottom portion is longer than a distance in the direction perpendicular to the inner surface of the surface-contact portion between the surface-contact portion and the bottom portion.