Patent ID: 6174208
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A female terminal for a connector that is adapted to be inserted into a chamber of a housing of a connector and adapted to receive a male terminal, said female terminal comprisinga terminal body having a tubular front half part that can be inserted into the chamber of the housing, having a port that opens in a front end of said terminal body and is adapted to receive the male terminal, having a splicing part that is at a rear end of said terminal body and is adapted to be connected to an electric wire, and having a fixing part adapted to have a retainer of the housing fit therein,a leaf spring having a root end that is integral to said front half part of said terminal body, having a top end that extends forward inside said front half part of said terminal body in a longitudinal direction, and that is adapted to be flexed in a direction of height perpendicular to said longitudinal direction,a stabilizer protruding in said direction of height on an outer side at said front end of said terminal body, having a face surface oriented to face in a direction of width perpendicular to said direction of height and to said longitudinal direction, and adapted to fit into a groove formed in said longitudinal direction in the housing and adapted to advance beyond a lance of the housing that is formed in the groove and adapted to be fixed by the lance when said terminal body is inserted into the chamber of the housing,a round part that is formed at said root end of said leaf spring and bent around an axis into an approximately circular arc in a position beyond a reach of the male terminal, anda bead that is formed ahead of said round part of said leaf spring between said root end and a tip end of said leaf spring on a top end side of said leaf spring and that has a curved section on a section plane normal to said longitudinal direction to increase a flexural rigidity of said leaf spring.