Patent ID: 7371132
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal fitting, comprising: a substantially tubular main portion for accommodation in a cavity penetrating a housing in forward and backward directions; a tongue inside the main portion and being resiliently deformable along a height direction; at least one projection bulging out from at least one widthwise lateral edge of the tongue; at least one preventing portion formed at a side wall of the main portion substantially facing the projection; the projection being engageable with the preventing portion to prevent excessive deformation of the tongue, while permitting the tongue to deform within a resiliency limit; and at least one protrusion projecting out from the side wall for preventing an erroneous insertion of the terminal fitting, the preventing portion being formed substantially between the projection and a boundary of the side wall around the protrusion, wherein substantially all peripheral areas of the protrusion are continuous with the side wall with substantially no interruption.