Patent ID: 9039447
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal fitting comprising: a terminal body which is formed by press molding a metal plate; and a lance which is integrally formed with the terminal body so that the lance is capable of being elastically displaced in the terminal body and protrudes from an outside surface of the terminal body; wherein when the terminal fitting is inserted into a cavity of a connector housing, the lance enters into a retaining recess formed in the cavity to prevent the terminal fitting from falling out of the cavity; and wherein the lance includes: wherein a first outer wall plate part of the terminal body, which has the outside surface from which the lance protrudes outward, is provided with a lance opening through which the lance is movably inserted outward; wherein the lance has back surface abutting parts, which are overlapped on a back surface of the first outer wall plate part at front and back of the lance opening and which abut against the back surface of the first outer wall plate part to regulate the lance from being displaced outward, at front and back ends of the lance; wherein the terminal body includes: wherein the lance body and the shielding plate of the lance are formed by bending a part of the overlapped piece which faces the lance opening; and wherein the overlapped wall clamps a male terminal, which is inserted into a terminal insertion part of the terminal body, together with the spring strip arranged in the terminal insertion part.