Patent ID: 6379199
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A female terminal for a connector that is to be inserted into a chamber of a housing of a connector and is to receive a male terminal, said female terminal comprising:a terminal proper having a box-shaped front half that can be inserted into said chamber of the housing, having a port that opens in the front end and receives a male terminal, and having a splicing part that is in the back and is to be connected to an electric wire; and only one leaf spring having a root end that is integral to the front half of said terminal proper, having a top end that extends forward inside the front half of said terminal proper, and being flexed in the direction of height, said only one leaf spring including a bead with a curved section to increase the flexural rigidity of said only one leaf spring; said front half of the terminal proper comprising; a bottom wall, side walls rising from both ends in the width direction of said bottom wall, and an outer upper wall and an inner upper wall extending from the top edges of said respective side walls toward the top edges of the opposing side walls, said inner upper wall having a front inner upper wall and a rear inner upper wall, wherein said only one leaf spring is formed by separating said rear inner upper wall from the side wall, with the rear end of said rear inner upper wall being left intact and constituting the only point of contact between the only one leaf spring and the inner upper wall, and an upper surface of said only one leaf spring is out of contact with the outer upper wall.