Patent ID: 7785160
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal fitting formed by bending, folding or embossing a conductive plate material having a specified shape and a specified thickness to define a tube with a receiving plate having a first surface facing into the tube and a second surface opposite the first surface, opposed side plates angularly aligned to the receiving plate and a resilient contact piece at least partly accommodated in the tube and having a first surface facing the first surface of the receiving plate and a second surface facing away from the receiving plate so that a male tab inserted into the tube is squeezed resiliently between the receiving plate of the tube and the resilient contact piece for achieving electrically conductive connection, wherein: at least one of the first surface of the resilient contact piece and the first surface of the receiving plate having recesses within a range of the specified thickness of the conductive plate material so that the recesses define thin portions less than the specified thickness and so that areas adjacent the recesses define thick portions having the specified thickness, the thick portions and thin portions being alternately arranged in a width direction orthogonal to an inserting direction of the male tab so that the thin portions are spaced inwardly from the side plates and so that parts of the male tab in the width direction can be held in contact with at least one of the thick portions, and wherein the first surface of the resilient contact piece and the first surface of the receiving plate each has at least two recesses spaced apart in the width direction.