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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
Mitsunobu Katoh, Shizuoka, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is for providing a connecting terminal enabling certain and easy connecting operation without losing durability. A connecting terminal of the invention comprises an electric wire caulking portion in the rear part and a plate spring-like elastic contact piece to be contacted with a counterpart conductor portion for electric connection, elongating from a front end fold back portion projecting from a terminal bottom plate in the front part, wherein the elastic contact piece and the front end fold back portion are provided continuously from a rising portion, linearly elongating from the front end of the terminal bottom plate forward and upward with a certain rising angle.