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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Ohkubo, Shizuoka, JP;
Shuhei Ando, Shizuoka, JP;
YAZAKI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A female terminal includes a terminal body having a contact holder in a tubular shape at a front side of the terminal body, a contact member in a tubular shape which is contained inside the contact holder and into which a male terminal is inserted from a front side, and a rotary ring which is mounted to the contact holder. The contact member has a pair of holding rings provided at both ends thereof, and a diameter variable part held by a pair of the holding rings at both ends thereof, an inner diameter of the diameter variable part being set to be larger than an outer diameter of the male terminal in an initial state, and contracted to be smaller than the outer diameter of the male terminal, by twisting a pair of the holding rings.