Yazaki Corporation

Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd.

Akira Sigawara

Masatoshi Nakamura

Hiroto Narieda

Akifumi Onodera

In a fitting type connecting terminal having male and female terminals, each of which has a tin plating layer formed on an electrically conductive base material, a surface of a contact portion of one of the male and female terminals with the other thereof has a plurality of grooves or recessed portions which are spaced from each other in longitudinal directions, and the grooves or recessed portions are formed so as to satisfy d&#x2266;b, d&#x2266;a&#x2266;L and a+c&#x2266;L assuming that the width of each of the grooves or recessed portions is(&#x3bc;m), the depth thereof being(&#x3bc;m), the distance between two of the grooves or recessed portions adjacent to each other in the longitudinal directions being(&#x3bc;m), the sliding distance producible between the male terminal and the female terminal in a state that the male terminal is fitted into and fixed to the female terminal being(&#x3bc;m), and the maximum grain size of the oxide of abrasion powder producible due to sliding between the male terminal and the female terminal being(&#x3bc;m).

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Shizuoka, Japan

Akira Sigawara