Patent ID: 9172166
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A press-fit terminal comprising: insertion stoppers that are projectingly formed on respective flanks of a press-fit portion of a terminal body and that respectively have engagement surfaces oriented orthogonally to a press-fit direction; and holding projections that are provided on associated protruding leading-end faces of the associated insertion stoppers and that bite into an interior wall of a housing which receives the press-fit portion, wherein each of the holding projections is provided projectingly in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the terminal body or the holding projection in only a portion of the associated protruding leading-end faces in the thickness direction of the terminal body such that a thickness of the each of the holding projections in the thickness direction is smaller than a thickness of the associated leading-end faces in the thickness direction.