Patent ID: 7591694
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A female terminal for a connector which is electrically connected to a male terminal electrically connected to a squib to ignite an airbag, the female terminal for a connector comprising: an external wall part formed in a tubular form; and a spring part integrally formed with the external wall part inside the external wall part, the spring part contacting the male terminal during a connection to the male terminal, wherein the spring part has a main body portion and a tip portion, and continues into the external wall part at the main body portion, the tip portion is configured to swing so as to deflect from the main body portion, and the external wall part is formed into a shape having two curved portions disposed to face one another in a swinging direction of the spring part so as to be outwardly convex, and two joining portions to linearly joint ends of the two curved portions together in a radial cross section of the external wall part, and the external wall part is formed such that an outside diameter of the external wall in the swinging direction of the spring part is made larger than an outside diameter of the external wall in a direction perpendicular to the swinging direction in the radial cross section of the external wall part.