Patent ID: 6626701
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector, comprising:a connector housing including a terminal receiving chamber; a metal terminal insertable into the terminal receiving chamber, the terminal including a base plate portion, a wire connecting portion formed on the base plate portion, and an electrical contact portion having resilient curl portions which extend from opposite side edges of the base plate portion and are inwardly bent to form curls having apexes defined thereon and having a recessed portion located between the apexes; a lance formed in the terminal receiving chamber, the lance having a base portion that attaches to the connector housing and an end portion opposite to the base portion, the end portion extending in an inserting direction of the terminal; a retaining projection portion formed on the lance, the retaining projection portion extending into the recessed portion of the metal terminal during a half-insertion state and retaining the terminal in a complete insertion state thereof to be prevented from moving in a withdrawing direction opposite to the inserting direction; and at least two projections integrally formed on the lance at opposite side surfaces of the end portion and having a different height than the retaining projection portion, the projections projecting from the end portion in a width direction of the terminal receiving chamber which is perpendicular to the inserting direction of the terminal, wherein a combined width of the projections, extending in the width direction from an end of one of the projections to an end of another one of the projections, is greater than the width of the base portion, wherein when the terminal is inserted into the terminal receiving chamber, only the projections are respectively brought into sliding contact with apexes of the resilient curl portions.