Patent ID: 6790105
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A male terminal fitting formed from a blank stamped from a base material and having a substantially tubular main portion and a tab for contacting a mating female terminal fitting, the main portion and the tab being coupled via a coupling portion, the tab being substantially in the form of a tube partially separated with respect to a peripheral direction to form a separation, wherein:the coupling portion comprises a first coupling wall, second and third coupling walls extending from opposite sides of the first coupling wall, and a fourth coupling wall projecting from the second coupling wall and substantially opposed to the first coupling wall, the coupling portion being substantially in the form of a tube with a separation between the fourth coupling wall and the third coupling wall such that the separation is substantially continuous with the separation of the tab, the first coupling wall, the second and third coupling walls and the fourth coupling wall being connected with the main portion, and a protection wall projecting forward from a front end of the main portion so as to at least partly cover the fourth coupling wall.