Patent ID: 7229329
Filing Date: 2007-06-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A female terminal fitting comprising: a substantially rectangular tubular body with opposite front and rear ends, opposed first and second walls extending from the front end towards the rear end and an insertion opening at the front end for receiving a tab of a mating male terminal fitting between the first and second walls; a support unitary with the second wall; an elastic contact piece disposed inside said body and having an elastic beam extending obliquely forward from the support on said second wall towards both said insertion opening and said first wall, an apex at a front end of the elastic beam, a tapered guide extending obliquely from said apex and towards said second wall and said front end, a folded portion extending from the tapered guide back towards said rear end and a sliding contact portion extending from the folded portion obliquely towards the rear end and the second wall; and a projection formed on said elastic beam and bulging towards said first wall to define a contact spaced from the first wall by a distance that is not greater than a distance between the apex and the first wall, the projection being disposed so that said apex is between the projection and the front end of the body, whereby said elastic contact piece deforms flexibly about said support when said tab is inserted into said insertion opening of said body.