Patent ID: 6736684
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal fitting with a resilient contact piece at least partly surrounded by a substantially rectangular tube, the resilient contact piece being for resiliently contacting a male tab such that the male tab inserted into the rectangular tube is held between a first plate of the substantially rectangular tube and the resilient contact piece, the resilient contact piece comprising:a first leaf spring having a base end supported on a base plate of the substantially rectangular tube and extending at an angle from a side plate of the substantially rectangular tube which is not connected with the base plate, the base end having a locking edge at a lateral edge of the base end, the first leaf spring further having an opposite extending end; a folded portion folded toward the base plate from the extending end of the first leaf spring; and a second leaf spring extending from the folded portion substantially toward the base end of the first leaf spring, the second leaf spring having an extending end held in contact with the base plate at least during the resilient contact of the resilient contact piece with the male tab.