Patent ID: 8647143

Claim:
A terminal module comprising: a housing having a plurality of slits arranged in parallel to each other; and a plurality of contact terminals, each of which has an arm and a contact piece formed at one end of the arm and each of which is mounted in a corresponding one of the plurality of slits in a mounting position in the corresponding slit by being inserted into the corresponding slit through an insertion opening in the corresponding slit in an insertion direction intersecting an arrangement direction of the slits, the contact pieces being connected to external terminals as the arms are elastically deformed in a bending direction aligned with a depth direction of the slits, wherein each slit has a width that is greater at the insertion opening than that at the mounting position of the contact terminal, and the housing has a guide portion which is formed along the insertion direction of the slits, has a guide surface inclined toward the mounting position from the insertion openings of the slits, and guides the contact terminals toward the mounting position as a tip end of an insertion side of the contact terminal reaches the guide surface.