Patent ID: 7938694

Claim:
A connector terminal adapted to be disposed in an end of a coated wire to be connected with a partner terminal, comprising: a terminal inserting portion to which said partner terminal is inserted; a wire connecting portion adapted to be connected to the end of said coated wire; and a coupling portion intercoupling and electrically interconnecting said terminal inserting portion and said wire connecting portion, wherein: said terminal inserting portion and said wire connecting portion are juxtaposed so as to make an inserting direction in which the partner terminal is inserted into the terminal inserting portion and an axial center direction of the end of the coated wire to be connected to the wire connecting portion parallel or substantially parallel with each other and overlap with each other in a direction perpendicular to or substantially perpendicular to both the inserting direction of the partner terminal and the axial center direction of the end of the coated wire, at least a part of said terminal inserting portion, at least a part of said wire connecting portion and said coupling portion are constructed by a common plate-like body along a plane including the inserting direction of said partner terminal and the axial center direction of the end of said coated wire, and said coupling portion has a locked portion to be locked by a lance formed on an inner surface of a connector housing, the locked portion positioned midway between said terminal inserting portion and said wire connecting portion.