Patent ID: 6416366
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal metal fitting for electrically connecting an electric wire to a mating terminal metal fitting, comprising:a wire connecting portion to which the electric wire is connected; an electrically contacting portion in which an insertion of the mating terminal metal fitting is inserted; a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, and a ceiling wall formed on the electrically contacting portion to receive the insertion therebetween; and a pair of elastic pieces formed on the bottom wall to push the insertion toward the ceiling wall, the insertion being put between the ceiling wall and the pair of elastic pieces, wherein the pair of elastic pieces are arranged in an insertion direction of the insertion, while gradually approaching each other and obliquely projecting from the bottom wall toward the ceiling wall, and end faces, facing each other, of the pair of elastic pieces, respectively, face the insertion direction of the insertion, and the end face of an end portion of one of said pair of elastic pieces opposes a drawn-back portion of an end portion of the other of said pair of elastic pieces, while the end face of said end portion of said other of said pair of elastic pieces opposes a drawn-back portion of said end portion of said one of said pair of elastic pieces.