Patent ID: 6585544
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal fitting, comprising:a connecting portion into which a mating male terminal is insertable, a resilient contact piece disposed in the connecting portion and extending substantially in a longitudinal direction, and including a contact to be brought electrically into contact with the mating male terminal, the resilient contact piece being resiliently deformable in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction, the resilient contact piece further being displaceable along the longitudinal direction, and a resilient supporting piece coupling a lateral edge of the resilient contact piece to a side wall of the connecting portion, the resilient supporting piece projecting sideways along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and being partly separated from the side wall by a pair of slits, such that the resilient contact piece is displaceable along the longitudinal direction with the resilient supporting piece as a center.