Patent ID: 7488211

Claim:
A terminal fitting formed from a unitary piece of conductive material, comprising: a wire connecting portion to be connected with a wire, the wire connecting portion having at least first and second substantially planar crimping pieces extending transversely out relative to a longitudinal direction of the wire in first and second transverse directions respectively; a main portion to be inserted into a cavity of a housing, the main portion being substantially cylindrical; at least one tongue formed by making a slit in a side surface of the main portion, the slit having a selected length and a selected width; and a stabilizer having a first plate unitary with the substantially cylindrical main portion and extending substantially radially out from the main portion substantially in the first direction so that the stabilizer is substantially aligned with the first crimping piece, the stabilizer further having a second plate extending unitarily from the first plate at a fold spaced outwardly from the main portion, the second plate being in substantially face-to-face relationship with the first plate such that an extending end of the second plate substantially faces the main portion, the first and second plates of the stabilizer having a length along the fold that is less than the length of the slit and defining a combined thickness that exceeds the width of the slit in the side surface of the main portion whereby the combined thickness of the stabilizer prevents the stabilizer of the terminal fitting from being inserted into a slit of another terminal fitting, and the stabilizer functions as a stopper for preventing a turning movement of the substantially cylindrical main portion.