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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, Mie, JP;
Yuichi Goto, Mie, JP;
Abstract
A female terminal () has a rectangular tubular box () with an outwardly bulging lance locking portion (). The female terminal () is inserted into a cavity () of a connector housing () and retained by the lance locking portion () being locked by a locking lance () in the cavity (). A first wall () of the rectangular tubular box () has a closely folded structure obtained by folding the metal plate () into a U shape. The lance locking portion () is formed on the metal plate () in an outermost layer of the closely folded structure, and a first deformation restricting portion () to be engaged with a second wall () adjacent to the first wall () is provided on an end part of the metal plate () in the outermost layer on a side opposite to a U-shaped folded portion ().