Patent ID: 6520811
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal fitting having opposite front and rear ends and comprising:a support plate extending rearwardly from the front end of the terminal fitting; opposed side plates extending from opposite side edges of the support plate and opposed to the support plate; a top wall extending between the side plates; a curved portion folded back from the support plate at the front end of the terminal fitting, the curved portion having an extending rear end; a touching portion extending back from the extending rear end of the curved portion and being in face-to-face contact with the support plate, the touching portion having an extending rear end; a contact portion extending back from the extending rear end of the touching portion and being spaced from the support plate, the contact portion having a rear end, an embossment being formed on the contact portion forwardly of the rear end for contact with a tab of a mating terminal; and an auxiliary spring cantilevered forwardly from a location on the support plate rearward of the rear end of the contact portion and being directed angularly up toward the contact portion, the auxiliary spring having a free front end and an upwardly convex curve adjacent the free front end, the upwardly convex curve being aligned with a section of the contact portion rearward of the embossment and being spaced from the contact portion by a distance less than a distance between the embossment and the top wall of the terminal fitting.