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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1998
Hisashi Sawada, Yokkaichi, JP;
Masaki Okamoto, Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
A high strength terminal fitting,for a wedge-base bulb is provided which is not likely to be deformed while being assembled into a bulb socket. The terminal fitting,is provided with a pair of holding pieces,, and a tab,formed by bending a portion of one holding piece,R to have a steplike shape is provided with a tab side portion,extending toward the other holding piece,L. A first small projection,A of a receiving portion,formed by bending the other holding piece,L,is placed on the upper surface of the tab side portion,. Even if the tab side portion,continuous with the tab,tries to undergo an upward displacement upon being subjected to an insertion resistance which acts during the insertion of the tab,into a tab mount hole,formed in a bulb socket,, the first small projection,A of the receiving porion,restricts the upward displacement of the tab side portion,, thereby preventing the deformation thereof.