Patent ID: 7503812

Claim:
A connector terminal that is inserted and installed within a terminal storage chamber of a connector housing, which has a terminal housing body that is formed by bending a plate material into a substantially cylindrical form, wherein the terminal housing body comprises a plurality of stabilizers that make contact with an inner wall of the terminal storage chamber in which there is no guide groove for the stabilizer, the stabilizers being erected in at least three positions directed radially away from a centerline along an insertion direction of the terminal housing body such that the terminal housing body is rotatable about the centerline, and with at least one of the plurality of stabilizers being formed by outwardly bending a portion of the plate material about a first edge of the plate material that runs along an insertion direction of the terminal, and at least another one of the plurality of stabilizers being formed by making a cut from a side wall of the terminal housing body, wherein at least one of three stabilizers in the at least three positions is formed by outwardly bending the portion of the plate material about the first edge of the plate material that runs along the insertion of the terminal housing body; wherein second and third ones of the three stabilizers are each formed by making a cut from the side wall of the terminal housing body and wherein adjacent ones of the at least three stabilizers are radially positioned approximately 120 degrees apart.