Patent ID: 7144281

Claim:
A female terminal fitting, comprising: a box-shaped main portion having opposite front and rear ends, a bottom wall extending between the front and rear ends, opposed first and second sidewalls extending up from opposite sides of the bottom wall and a top wall opposed to the bottom wall, the top wall extending from the first sidewall towards a top edge of the second sidewall, the front end of the main portion having a terminal insertion opening for receiving a mating male terminal fitting; a wire connection portion extending unitarily rearward from the bottom wall at the rear end of the main portion to a rear end of the female terminal fitting and configured to be connected with a wire; and a resiliently deformable contact piece joined unitarily to the top wall at the rear end of the main portion and bent forwardly to cantilever into the main portion and towards the terminal insertion opening, the resiliently deformable contact piece being configured for contacting the male terminal fitting, the resilient contact piece having a length measured forward from the rear end of the main portion at least equal to a distance from the main portion to the rear end of the female terminal fitting.