Patent ID: 8079885

Claim:
A female terminal ( 1 ) of a connector, the female terminal ( 1 ) having a contact end ( 11 ) and a connection end ( 12 ) away from the contact end ( 11 ), the connection end ( 12 ) being configured to connect with a core of a cable, the contact end ( 11 ) being configured to be inserted by a slender male terminal ( 2 ) and make electrical contact therewith, there being a neck ( 13 ) located between the contact end ( 11 ) and the connection end ( 12 ) and having a relatively small diameter, the female terminal ( 1 ) being characterized in that: the contact end ( 11 ) comprises a hollow cylinder ( 14 ), the hollow cylinder ( 14 ) having an end directly connected to the neck ( 13 ) and an opposite end formed with an opening ( 15 ), the hollow cylinder ( 14 ) having a middle section formed with a plurality of resilient strips ( 16 ) extending along an axial direction of the hollow cylinder ( 14 ), such that a slot ( 17 ) is formed between each two adjacent said resilient strips ( 16 ), each said resilient strip ( 16 ) having two ends connected to the hollow cylinder ( 14 ), each said resilient strip ( 16 ) having a central portion deflected toward an axis of the hollow cylinder ( 14 ) to form a deflected portion ( 161 ), wherein: the plural deflected portions ( 161 ) thereby renders the female terminal ( 1 ) resilient and serves to clamp the slender male terminal ( 2 ) resiliently; each said resilient strip ( 16 ) has a length (L) ranging from 4.5 mm to 12.5 mm and a width (W) ranging from 0.5 mm to 1.1 mm and is deflected toward the axis of the hollow cylinder ( 14 ) by a displacement (H) ranging from 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm, and the hollow cylinder ( 14 ) has an inner diameter (D) ranging from 3.0 mm to 6.0 mm.