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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2003
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
A female terminal fitting ( ) has a tubular main body ( ) with front and rear ends and a bottom wall ( ). A fold ( ) is folded back from the front end of the bottom wall ( ) and a resilient contact piece ( ) extends back from the fold ( ) to face the bottom wall ( ). A bulge ( ) on the resilient contact piece ( ) includes a contact ( ) for contacting a tab (T) of a male terminal fitting (M). The contact ( ) is pressed by the tab (T) so that the resilient contact piece ( ) is deformed with the fold ( ) as a supporting point and an extending end ( ) thereof contacts the bottom wall ( ). The resilient contact piece ( ) has a front narrowed portion ( ) between the fold ( ) and the contact ( ) and a rear narrowed portion between the contact ( ) and the extending end ( ).