Patent ID: 7901229

Claim:
A shorting terminal to be accommodated in a housing to short terminal fittings in the housing, comprising: a substantially plate-shaped main body having opposite front and rear edges spaced apart along a push-in direction into the housing and opposite first and second sides extending between the front and rear edges; at least one contact piece bent up from the rear edge of the main body at a position adjacent the first side, the contact piece being pushed at the time of insertion into the housing; at least one support bent up from at least one of the first and second side of the main body and supporting the contact piece from a side opposite to a push-in direction into the housing; and at least two resiliently deformable touching pieces bent up from the front edge of the main body and extending beyond the contact piece at the rear edge of the main body for touching and shorting the terminal fittings in the housing, at least one of the contact piece and the support being between the resiliently deformable touching pieces and the main body for preventing excessive deformation of the touching pieces.