Patent ID: 7658654

Claim:
A female terminal fitting, comprising: a bottom plate formed in a flat shape and which extends in a front-back direction and a right-left direction; a female electrical contact portion formed on a front side of the bottom plate for contacting a mating male terminal fitting; and a board connecting portion extending from the back of the bottom plate for connecting to a circuit board; wherein the bottom plate has a first stress relaxation portion formed between the electrical contact portion and the board connecting portion, wherein the first stress relaxation portion is resiliently deformable in an up-down direction, said up-down direction being perpendicular to the front-back direction and the right-left direction; wherein a side wall is erected from and formed on at least one side portion of the bottom plate, wherein the side wall is substantially perpendicular to the bottom plate and extends along the front-back direction; wherein a belt-like connecting portion is formed between the side wall and the board connecting portion; and wherein the belt-like connecting portion is a second stress relaxation portion which is resiliently deformable in the right-left direction and in the front-back direction.