Patent ID: 7048594

Claim:
A terminal formed from a long rectangular metal piece having opposite substantially parallel and substantially planar first and second surfaces, the terminal being insertable into a substantially cylindrical hole of an electric or electronic device to establish electrical connection with a contact portion on an inner surface of the hole, the terminal comprising: first and second opposed high-rigidity portion for resiliently contacting opposed inner surface regions of the hole, opposite longitudinal ends of the high-rigidity portions being coupled; and a low-rigidity portion spanning diagonally between the first high-rigidity portions at the first surface of the terminal and the second high-rigidity portion at the second surface of the terminal, the low-rigidity portion being compressively deformable along a direction extending between said first and second high rigidity portions for permitting said high-rigidity portions to move closer to one another, the low-rigidity portion having an easily breakable portion between the first and second high-rigidity portion, the easily breakable portion being breakable when a stress acting during the insertion into the hole exceeds a resiliency limit.