Patent ID: 7357680

Claim:
A male terminal fitting, comprising: a contact to be brought into contact with a female terminal fitting, the contact defining a selected contact height and a selected contact width; a substantially rectangular tube located behind the contact with respect to a longitudinal direction of the terminal fitting, the tube including a tube base wall, a tube ceiling wall opposed to the tube base wall and first and second tube side walls extending between the tube base wall and the tube ceiling wall to define a tube width that is wider than the contact width, the tube base wall and the tube ceiling wall being spaced apart to define a tube height that is greater than the contact height; and a link provided between the tube and the contact and gradually widened from the contact towards the tube, wherein: the link includes a link base wall substantially continuous with the contact and the tube base wall, first and second link side walls substantially continuous with the first and second tube side walls respectively and standing from the link base wall, and a unitary link ceiling wall substantially continuous with the contact and an with the first link side wall, the link ceiling wall being unconnected with the second link side wall and unconnected with a front portion of the tube ceiling wall, the second link side wall terminating at an unconnected top edge, and the contact having an inclined portion forward of and unitary with the link, the inclined portion tapering to smaller height and width cross-sections at locations farther from the link, the contact further having a principal portion of substantially uniform cross-sectional shape extending forward of the inclined portion.