Patent ID: 6790100
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A female terminal fitting, comprising:a base wall having front and rear ends; a projecting base projecting from the front end of the base wall; a fold folded back from the projecting base; and a resilient contact piece projecting back along a longitudinal direction from the fold and being resiliently deformable with the fold as a support point, the resilient contact piece having a contact spaced rearwardly from the fold and disposed for contact with a mating male terminal fitting, at least one rigidity-lowering portion being provided on the resilient contact piece, the rigidity-lowering portion having a front end spaced rearwardly from the fold and a rear end substantially at the contact, the rigidity-lowering portion having a reduced cross-sectional area with respect to a direction at an angle to the longitudinal direction, the resilient contact piece further having an auxiliary rigidity-lowering portion rearward from the contact, the auxiliary rigidity-lowering portion having a reduced cross-sectional area with respect to an angle to the longitudinal direction, whereby the rigidity-lowering portion and the auxiliary rigidity-lowering portion provides low insertion resistance for the male terminal fitting without creating stress concentration at the fold.