Patent ID: 7128623

Claim:
A tab terminal adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising: a plate tab terminal body to be disposed so as to extend in parallel to the printed circuit board, said tab terminal body having one end edge and opposite side edges; a tab portion aligned with said tab terminal body so as to integrally extend from the one end edge of said tab terminal body in a longitudinal direction of said tab terminal body, said tab portion being adapted to be connected with an electrical connecting part; first and second legs formed integrally with said tab terminal body so as to extend from the opposite side edges of said tab terminal body in a direction perpendicular to said tab terminal, respectively; and first and second feet formed integrally with said first and second legs so as to extend from distal end edges of said first and second legs substantially parallel to said tab terminal body respectively, so that first and second feet forms first and second contacts to be connected with the printed circuit board, and wherein said first and second feet extend in direction toward each other at an angle slightly smaller than right angle with respect to said first and second legs, respectively so that wedge-shaped gaps are defined between said first and second feet and the printed circuit board respectively, when the tab terminal is mounted on the printed circuit board.