Patent ID: 7101233
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A female terminal fitting comprising: a substantially box-shaped main portion having an open front end and an opposite rear end, a ceiling wall, a bottom wall and opposite side walls extending substantially along forward and backward directions, a resilient contact piece projecting from the bottom wall of the main portion and being resiliently deformable towards the bottom wall, a protection wall projecting substantially orthogonally from bottom wall towards the ceiling wall at the front end of the main portion and disposed before the resilient contact piece, the protection wall having a free top edge defining a portion of the protection wall farthest from the bottom wall, at least one catch at a side edge of the protection wall, the catch having a free top edge extending substantially collinearly from the free top edge of the protection wall, and at least one catch receiving portion on at least one of the side walls at the front end of the main portion substantially facing the side edge of the protection wall and engaging the catch.