Patent ID: 6994596
Filing Date: 2006-02-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal fitting formed to be mountable into a cavity of a housing, the housing being formed with an engaging portion adjacent the cavity, the terminal fitting including a plate and a resiliently deflectable lock that is engageable with the engaging portion in the housing to lock the terminal fitting so as not to come out of the cavity, wherein the lock comprises: a substantially flat base projecting obliquely out from the plate, the base having a base end unitary with the plate and a leading end edge opposite the base end; and an extended portion at the leading end edge of the base and bulging out in at least one of a thickness direction and a widthwise direction, substantially all of leading end edge, including portions of the leading end edge on the extended portion, being disposed and configured for engaging the engaging portion, whereby the extended portion increases an area of engagement with the engaging portion when the terminal fitting is pulled in a withdrawing direction.