Patent ID: 8398442
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A terminal fitting comprising: (a) an electrical contact portion having a cylindrical shape and adapted to be inserted into a mating terminal fitting to be connected to the mating terminal fitting; (b) an insulating member made of an insulating material and including a to-be-received portion configured to be accommodated in the electrical contact portion and an to-be-exposed portion configured to be exposed to an outside via an end face of the electrical contact portion, wherein the electrical contact portion includes a bottom wall having a surface upon which the to-be-received portion of the insulating member is disposed, a top wall positioning the to-be-received portion between the top wall and the bottom wall, and a joining wall continuing to the bottom wall and the top wall; and (c) a securing engagement portion provided on either one of the electrical contact portion and the insulating member and configured to be brought into fitting engagement with an other thereof.