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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1998
Satoru Murofushi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A press-connecting terminal provided with a press-connecting portion having a pair of press-connecting blades which are cut and bent toward a space between a pair of opposed sidewalls and face each other with a predetermined gap held therebetween into which a covered electric wire is pressed, and a contact portion whose width is set to be larger than a width between the sidewalls of the press-connecting portion and which is to be connected to a mating terminal. The press-connecting terminal is accommodated in a terminal accommodating groove which is formed in a housing and whose inside width is set to be substantially equal to the width of the contact portion. Positioning projections for placing the press-connecting portion in a predetermined position in the width direction of the terminal accommodating groove are provided in the press-connecting portion.