Patent ID: 8657635

Claim:
A terminal configured to be pressed into and fixed to a base material, comprising: a press-fit fixing portion configured to be pressed into the base material; a branch portion extending from the press-fit fixing portion; a plurality of extension portions that extend from the branch portion in a meandering manner, such that at least one meandering slit is formed thereby; a tip portion integrated with a free end of at least one of the extension portions; and a movable contact portion formed on the tip portion that is configured to protrude out of a contacting hole of the base material so as to be taken in and out, wherein each of the extension portions has a curved elbow-shaped intermediate portion, wherein, at the intermediate portion, width dimensions of the adjacent extension portions is varied, and wherein a width dimension of the at least one slit is a width dimension that the adjacent extension portions do not come into contact with each other at the time of operating.