Patent ID: 8128441

Claim:
A terminal fitting connecting structure, comprising: a female terminal ( 20 ) including a connecting tube ( 23 ), contact portions ( 36 ) being provided at positions substantially equidistant from a leading end of the connecting tube ( 23 ) on substantially facing surfaces of the connecting tube ( 23 ), the contact portion ( 36 ) on at least at one side being provided on a resilient contact piece ( 35 ) on the facing surface; and a male terminal ( 10 ) including a tab ( 13 ) with opposite front and rear ends spaced apart along forward and rearward directions (FBD) and configured for insertion into the connecting tube ( 23 ), the tab ( 13 ) resiliently contacting the contact portions ( 36 ) by being inserted between and contacting the contact portions ( 36 ) while resiliently displacing the resilient contact piece ( 35 ) so that the contact portions ( 36 ) sandwich the tab ( 13 ) in a thickness direction (TD), the tab ( 13 ) having a tip at the front end of the tab ( 13 ), flat surfaces ( 14 A) on opposite sides of the tab ( 13 ) and spaced from the tip and inclined surfaces ( 15 , 16 ) extending from the respective flat surfaces ( 14 A) to the tip and gradually converging toward the tip, base end edges ( 15 A, 16 A) being defined on ends of the inclined surfaces ( 15 , 16 ) adjacent the flat surfaces ( 14 A), the respective inclined surfaces ( 15 , 16 ) being formed so that positions where the respective base end edges ( 15 A, 16 A) connect to flat surfaces ( 14 A) differ in the forward and backward directions (FBD).