Patent ID: 7901257

Claim:
A terminal fitting, comprising: a connecting portion configured for connection with a mating terminal fitting; a crimping portion substantially continuous with a rear end of the connecting portion and including a base plate extending rearward from the base wall of the connecting portion and configured so that parts of the base plate extend collinearly rearward from the connecting portion, crimping pieces projecting from the base plate and configured for crimped connection with a wire so that an end portion of the wire is at least partly surrounded by the base plate and the crimping pieces, the crimping portion including a wire barrel for crimped connection with a core of the wire and at least one insulation barrel behind the wire barrel for crimped connection with insulation coating of the wire; and at least two parallel reinforcing ribs projecting up from the base plate and extending in substantially forward and backward directions along substantially all of the wire barrel, the reinforcing rib defining a substantially constant projecting height from the base plate along substantially all of the wire barrel.