Abstract: A terminal includes a male terminal and a female terminal to be connected to each other. The male terminal includes a tab having a circular cross-section. The female terminal includes a body portion having a connecting space S formed inside, the tab being arranged in the connecting space S. The body portion includes a resiliently deformable resilient contact piece and a pair of receiving portions. The resilient contact piece has a variable connection surface arranged toward a center SO of the connecting space S when viewed from a connecting direction. The pair of receiving portions are arranged on a side opposite to the resilient contact piece across the connection space S and have a pair of flat fixed connection surfaces inclined to spread toward the variable connection surface. An opening angle of the pair of fixed connection surfaces is constant in the connecting direction.

Abstract: A terminal includes a tube portion 33, into which a mating terminal is inserted, and a resiliently deformable resilient piece 34 disposed in the tube portion 33. The resilient piece 34 includes an inner contact point 37 located inside the tube portion 33 to contact the mating terminal, and an outer contact point 40 located outside the tube portion 33 to contact a conductor different from the mating terminal.

Abstract: A terminal to be connected to a wire is provided with a terminal body including a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire, and a tubular slide portion for accommodating the terminal body inside, the slide portion being slidable with respect to the terminal body. The slide portion includes a wide portion located on a front side in a sliding direction of the slide portion and a narrow portion located behind the wide portion in the sliding direction, an inner shape of the slide portion being narrower in the narrow portion than in the wide portion. The narrow portion is provided with a pressurizing portion projecting inwardly of the slide portion. The pressurizing portion presses the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the slide portion 16 slid in the sliding direction with respect to the terminal body and the narrow portion located outside the sandwiching portion.

Abstract: A terminal fitting includes a body portion, a first projection, a resilient contact portion and a first fulcrum portion. The body portion is in the form of a rectangular tube open in a front-rear direction. The first projection projects from one wall part toward another wall part, out of two wall parts of the body portion adjacent across one corner. The resilient contact portion is arranged in the body portion. The first fulcrum portion serves as a fulcrum when the resilient contact portion is deflected and deformed. In a developed state of the terminal fitting along the front-rear direction and a width direction, one side end of the resilient contact portion is arranged on one side end part in the width direction. A tip of the first projection is arranged on another side end part in the width direction.

Abstract: An electrical female terminal for mating with a connector assembly generally including a main body, a two-bodied spring, and a wire fastening portion. A protrusion extends from an unattached end portion of the lever member, the protrusion having faces angled relative to each other to efficiently deflect the lever member upwards when the protrusion interacts with an internal protrusion of a housing or a connector assembly. A top portion of the retainer member of the electrical female terminal, located above the two-bodied spring, has a dimple portion. The terminal face or leading end portion of the electrical female terminal is prevented from damaging or cutting a silicone seal. The overstress feature of the tang member of the lever is improved upon by relocating and reshaping the protruding member thereof. The configuration or shape of the cross-section across the upper portion and the support member at the front end portion of the main body of the electrical female terminal is substantially U-shaped.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical connecting assembly and an electrical connector. The electrical connecting assembly comprises two electrical connecting parts and a connecting part. Each of the electrical connecting parts comprises a main body comprising an electrical contacting component. The connecting part comprises a securing component. Two sides of the connecting part extend toward one direction and are connected with the two electrical connecting parts. The two electrical connecting parts are disposed symmetrically across the connecting part. A first electrical connector head comprises an electrical plugging member and the electrical connecting assembly assembled to the electrical plugging member. A second electrical connector head comprises an electrical connecting notch in which the electrical plugging member having the electrical connecting assembly is assembled.

Abstract: A terminal fitting 10 includes a body portion 11 in the form of an angular tube. The body portion 11 includes a first wall portion 21, a second wall portion 22, a third wall portion 23 and a fourth wall portion 24 continuous in a circumferential direction. The first and second wall portions 21, 22 are continuous via a first corner portion 26. The second and third wall portions 22, 23 are continuous via a second corner portion 27. The third and fourth wall portions 23, 24 are continuous via a third corner portion 28. The fourth wall portion 24 includes restricting portions 31 to be overlapped on an end part of the first wall portion 21 opposite to the first corner portion from outside. The first wall portion includes projecting portions 42, 43 projecting outward at positions away from the restricting portions 31 toward the first corner portion.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrical connecting assembly and an electrical connector. The electrical connecting assembly comprises two electrical connecting parts and a bending part. Each of the electrical connecting assemblies comprises a main body and a securing component. The main body comprises an electrical contacting component. The securing component is disposed at a side edge of the main body. Two bent sides of the bending part are the two electrical connecting parts extending in one direction. The two electrical connecting parts are symmetrically disposed across the bending part. The electrical connector comprises a first electrical connector head comprising an electrical connecting notch and the electrical connecting assembly. The electrical connecting assembly is assembled to the electrical connecting notch. The securing component is secured to the first electrical connector head.

Abstract: A high speed connector includes a metal casing, a plastic casing, and a terminal assembly; the metal casing including a main wall, a side wall, and a combination position; the plastic casing including a front connection portion, an engagement member, a protrusion, and a terminal engagement slot; the main wall including an engagement bore; the side wall disposed on the main wall; the combination portion formed between the main wall and the side wall; the front connection portion and the terminal engagement slot disposed in and on a lateral side of the cover body; the engagement member laterally disposed on the front connection portion; the protrusion disposed on the cover body; when the metal casing being engaged with the plastic casing, the protrusion being engaged in the engagement bore, and the protrusion being engaged in the combination position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a socket contact element for establishing an electrically conductive connection including a crimp section for establishing an electrically conductive connection to a line and a contact box for establishing a detachable electrically conductive connection to a contact box plug, wherein the socket contact element is constructed in one piece and includes a plurality of integrally implemented functions based on geometrical designs. Furthermore, the invention relates to a sheet-shaped semifinished product for producing a socket contact element and the production method by forming.

Abstract: A contact includes a hollow box-shaped main body portion into which a plate-shaped counterpart contact is inserted in an insertion direction. A pair of inward slantwise elastic piece portions are provided in a manner extending in the insertion direction from a pair of opposed edge portions of the insertion opening of the main body portion into the main body portion. The pair of elastic piece portions have contact portions arranged in mutually proximal portions. A pair of restricting portions provided on the main body portion are arranged to restrict the amount of deformation of the pair of elastic piece portions when the counterpart contact is inserted.

Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes: an electric wire having a conductor part covered by an insulation sheath part; a crimp terminal including a conductor crimp part crimped to the conductor part, a sheath crimp part crimped to the insulation sheath part, and an intermediate part from which the conductor part is exposed, the intermediate part connecting the conductor crimp part and the sheath crimp part; and an anticorrosive material that covers the conductor part exposed from the crimp terminal. A terminal of the insulation sheath part on the conductor crimp part side is exposed toward the intermediate part side from the sheath crimp part. The crimp terminal includes a sheath cover wall part that covers an edge of the terminal of the insulation sheath part on a top view.

Abstract: A grid array connector system is provided that includes cables connected to pedestals that are mounted on a board. The cables include conductors that are connected to support vias positioned in openings in the board and the conductors are connected to the support vias.

Abstract: A connection terminal includes a tubular electrical connection portion into which a mating connection portion of a mating terminal is inserted. The electrical connection portion is provided with an elastic piece with a first contact portion and an opposing wall disposed opposite to the elastic piece. The opposing wall includes: second contact portions disposed on a front side and a rear side in an insertion direction of the mating connection portion, and projecting toward an elastic piece side; and a curved surface located between the second contact portions and curved so as to be separated from the mating connection portion. The curved surface includes a first curved surface located on the rear side in the insertion direction and a second curved surface located on the front side in the insertion direction. A curvature of the second curved surface is set larger than a curvature of the first curved surface.

Abstract: A female terminal includes a terminal connecting portion extending along a length direction and having an insertion opening on a front end in the length direction, a male terminal being inserted into the insertion opening, a resilient contact piece disposed inside the terminal connecting portion and configured to sandwich the male terminal between the terminal connecting portion and the resilient contact piece, a plurality of spring members disposed side by side across a gap along the length direction inside the terminal connecting portion and configured to resiliently contact the male terminal from one side in a width direction intersecting the length direction and the height direction, and a projecting portion projecting from the other side in the width direction toward the one side in the width direction inside the terminal connecting portion and configured to sandwich the male terminal between the plurality of spring members and the projecting portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector and a terminal. The connector includes a terminal. The terminal includes an insert portion. The insert portion includes a front frame portion, a rear frame portion, a top plate portion, an arc discharge contact member and a primary contact member. The arc discharge contact member includes a bottom plate portion and a top elastic arm. The bottom plate portion connects the front frame portion and the rear frame portion and is spaced apart from the top plate portion in an up-down direction. The top elastic arm extends from the rear frame portion to the front frame portion and is positioned below the top plate portion. The arc discharge contact member is positioned in front of the primary contact member. The primary contact member includes a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm. The first elastic arm extends from the rear frame portion to the front frame portion and is adjacent between the bottom plate portion and the top elastic arm.

Abstract: In a connection terminal including a box-shaped connection portion that has a bottom wall, one side wall and another side wall that are erected on both sides of the bottom wall, and a ceiling wall, the ceiling wall has a lower ceiling wall obtained by bending the one side wall toward the other side wall, and an upper ceiling wall obtained by bending the other side wall toward the one side wall at an upper bent portion and is superposed above the lower ceiling wall, a protrusion is provided on a side of the lower ceiling wall close to the lower bent portion, and a locking portion is provided on a side of the upper ceiling wall close to the lower bent portion.

Abstract: A terminal fitting 10 is provided with a body portion 11 having a tubular shape and extending in a front-rear direction. The body portion 11 includes an outer wall portion 17 arranged from one end toward another end in a width direction. The outer wall portion 17 includes a bent portion 43 curved on one end side in the width direction and having a curved outer side surface facing forward, a stabilizer 29 having a bent shape and projecting outward on another end side in the width direction, and cutout portions 37, 38 open in a front end of the outer wall portion 17 on both widthwise sides of the bent portion 43.

Abstract: In a connection terminal including a box-shaped connection portion having an insertion opening into which a mating connection portion is inserted, and an elastic piece that is elastically deformable, is arranged inside the connection portion, with an free end arranged on a side of the insertion opening, and has a contact portion that comes into contact with the mating connection portion, the connection portion is provided with a protective wall protruding toward an inside of the connection portion and arranged adjacent to the free end of the elastic piece, and a side of the free end of the elastic piece is arranged so as to intersect an extension line connecting a protruding end of the protective wall and an opening edge of the insertion opening facing the protruding end.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an electrical terminal includes a contact formed and a hood surrounding the contact. The contact and hood have cooperating retention features for securing the contact to the hood, and the hood provides strengthening features for improving the mechanical properties of the contact. The electrical terminal is mounted in a connector assembly. The electrical terminal has features which prevent or minimize damage to a seal of the connector assembly.

Abstract: A dual elastic plate connector includes an engagement portion and a combination portion; the engagement portion including a first elastic plate, a second elastic plate, and a protrusion part; the combination portion combined with a cable; the first elastic plate including a head portion and a stem portion, with a curve structure as a connection portion connected therebetween; the second elastic plate including a head portion and a stem portion, with a curve structure as a connection portion connected therebetween; a bending direction of the two bending structures being arranged in opposite; the stem portion of the first elastic plate overlapping the head portion of the second elastic plate. When the connector is combined with another connector, the yield resistance, the combination stability, and the forward contact force are improved by the reverse stack arrangement between the two elastic plates.

Abstract: A terminal-equipped wire (1) includes a connector terminal (2), a wire (3), a relay conductor (4) and a sealing member (5). The connector terminal (2) is arranged in an insertion hole (71) provided in a connector case (7). The wire (3) is formed by bundling a plurality of conductors (31). The relay conductor (4) is composed of one conductor and electrically connects the connector terminal (2) and the wire (3). The sealing member (5) is mounted on the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and arranged in the insertion hole (71) to close a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the sealing member (5) and the outer periphery of the relay conductor (4) and a clearance (S2) between the outer periphery of the sealing member (5) and the inner periphery of the insertion hole (71).

Abstract: A connecting terminal for a coaxial connector includes a fixing portion, an inserting portion integrally connected to a first end of the fixing portion, a cable connecting portion integrally connected to a second end of the fixing portion opposite to the first end of the fixing portion, and a stopper portion disposed inside the fixing portion. The stopper portion prevents an injection molding gel from flowing from the second end to the first end within the fixing portion.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a semiconductor layer including an impurity region of a first conductivity type, a photoelectric converter electrically connected to the impurity region, and a transistor having a gate of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type, a source and a drain, the transistor including the impurity region as one of the source and the drain, the gate being electrically connected to the impurity region.

Abstract: A female wire terminal includes a box extending longitudinally from a crimp end to an open forward end that is configured to receive a male wire terminal. The box is provided by upper and lower walls joined by a first lateral wall. A second lateral wall is joined to the lower wall opposite the first lateral wall. The upper wall provides a protrusion that is configured to cooperate with an electrical connector. The upper wall overlaps and abuts at a rearward end of a longitudinal edge of the second lateral wall opposite the first lateral wall. The rearward end is opposite the open end.

Abstract: A terminal fitting including a cylindrical portion into which a mating terminal is to be inserted; and a contact beam provided inside the cylindrical portion, the contact beam extending toward an insertion direction of the mating terminal into the cylindrical portion, being elastically deformable along a deflection direction of the contact beam and including a protruding portion extending in a direction intersecting the deflection direction, and the cylindrical portion including a peripheral wall and an engagement portion to be engaged with the protruding portion to regulate a movement of the contact beam, the engagement portion including a first portion and a second portion protruding from the peripheral wall of the cylindrical portion toward an inside of the cylindrical portion to regulate the movement of the contact beam in the deflection direction and in the insertion direction respectively.

Abstract: A terminal fitting (1) includes a rectangular tubular body (10). A resilient contact piece (16) is arranged inside the body (10) and a pressure receiving piece (18) faces the resilient contact piece (16) inside the body (10). The resilient contact piece (16) has a base end (16Eb) curved inward of the body (10) from an end of the body (10). The pressure receiving piece (18) has one end including a base end (18Eb) curved inwardly of the body (10) from an end of the body (10). An area of a first facing surface (16F) of the resilient contact piece (16) to be contacted by a tab (41) serves as a first plating area (16M) having Ag plating applied thereto. Areas of a second facing surface (18F) of the pressure receiving piece (18) to be contacted by the tab (41) serves as second plating areas (18M) having Ag plating applied thereto.

Abstract: A multi-contact terminal includes a polygonal tube with side walls. Front resilient contact pieces extend from front ends of the side walls in a connecting direction to a mating terminal. The front resilient contact pieces are folded rearward by front folded portions and are to be brought resiliently into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the mating terminal inside the polygonal tube. Rear resilient contact pieces extend from rear ends of the side walls in the connecting direction. The rear resilient contact pieces are folded forward by rear folded portions and are to be brought resiliently into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the mating terminal inside the polygonal tube. The polygonal tube, the front resilient contact pieces and the rear resilient contact pieces are integral with one another.

Abstract: The female electrical terminal has a cylindrical portion able to receive a male electrical terminal inserted from front to rear, and a left wall portion arranged so that a portion of the cylindrical portion runs along the outer surface of the male electrical terminal. The left wall portion has a left plate spring portion having a contact point pressing against the outer wall of the male electrical terminal and extending forward from the rear, and a slit surrounding the outer edge of the left plate spring portion to separate the other section of the left wall portion from the outer edge of the left plate spring portion. The other section of the left wall portion has a left protruding portion positioned forward relative to the tip of the left plate spring portion and bulging inwardly into the cylindrical portion. The left protruding portion is positioned at least on the edge of the slit.

Abstract: A terminal fitting (80) includes a projection (92) on an outer surface of a body (81). A housing (10) includes a cavity (11) into which the terminal fitting (80) is to be inserted, a guiding groove (23) into which the projection (92) enters, and an inverted insertion guiding groove (28) into which the projection (92) enters when the body (81) is in an inverted insertion posture. The housing (10) includes an inverted insertion guiding slope (32) formed on a groove surface of the inverted insertion guiding groove (28), inclined in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the body portion (81) to face the projection (92) and configured such that the projection (92) slides on the inverted insertion guiding slope (32).

Abstract: A female terminal comprises a main body, a main spring portion and an auxiliary spring portion. The main body forms a receiving portion. The receiving portion opens forward in a front-rear direction. The main spring portion has a first spring piece, a second spring piece and a contact portion. The contact portion is held between the first spring piece and the second spring piece in the front-rear direction. The auxiliary spring portion has a first support portion, a second support portion and a resilient supporting portion. The first support portion supports the first spring piece when a male terminal and the female terminal are connected with each other. The second support portion supports the second spring piece when the male terminal and the female terminal are connected with each other. The contact portion is positioned between the first support portion and the second support portion in the front-rear direction.

Abstract: A terminal (10) includes a body (21), a resilient contact piece (30) displaceable in a direction to separate a first contact point (31) from a second wall (bottom wall 22), and three projections (40F, 40R) provided to project toward a first wall (ceiling wall 25) from the second wall. The front projection (40F) disposed in front of the first contact point includes a front contact point (41F) provided on a projecting end part thereof and a front bead (42F) having a slope approaching the second wall as the slope extends rearward from the front contact point (41F). The rear projecting portion (40R) disposed behind the first contact point includes a rear contact point (40R) on a projecting end part thereof and a rear bead (42R) having a slope approaching the second wall as the slope extends forward from the rear contact point (41R).

Abstract: A connection box with contacts for solar panels to enable the use of multiple types of passive and active covers for different functionalities in the junction box built into the panel.

Abstract: A male terminal metal fitting including a male connector, a female terminal metal fitting including a female connector, and a holding structure that generates holding force therebetween are included. The holding structure includes two first holding bodies that are arranged between the male connector and the female connector in a region and that become contact points therebetween, two second holding bodies that are arranged between the male connector and the female connector in a region and that become contact points therebetween, and a third holding body that is arranged on an opposite side of the first holding bodies in a cylinder axis direction with respect to the second holding bodies and that becomes a contact point between the male connector and the female terminal metal fitting.

Abstract: A female terminal downsized in a male terminal-inserting direction. A terminal body has a reception portion, for receiving a male terminal. A first and second spring portions are arranged to be opposed to each other so as to sandwich the male terminal inserted into the reception portion from an inlet portion thereof. The first spring portion has a first and second contact points brought into contact with the sale terminal in the reception portion. The second spring portion has a third contact point brought into contact with the stale terminal in the reception portion. The third contact point is between the first and second, contact points in the male terminal-inserting direction. The first contact point is in the inlet portion of the reception portion, and the second contact point is at a more inward location in the reception portion than the first contact point.

Abstract: A female terminal includes a tube-shaped main body and an elastic contact plate supported inside the main body, possessing elasticity and extending from one opening toward another opening into which a male terminal is inserted. The elastic contact plate includes; a first section that faces the inner surface of the main body and is separated from the inner surface; a first contactor that is positioned on the other opening side of the first section and contacts the inner surface; a second section that extends in an arch shape toward the other opening from the first contactor; and a second contactor that is positioned on the other opening side of the second section and contacts the inner surface. The main body supports the elastic contact plate so the first contactor and the second contactor are able to slide on the inner surface. The first section is thinner than the second section.

Abstract: A male terminal (10) includes a tab (11) extending in a front-rear direction. A female terminal (60) includes a base (64) in the form of a flat plate extending in the front-rear direction, a contact piece (67) rising from one side of the base (64) and further curved so that a tip faces the base (64), and an opening (69) opens between the tip of the contact piece (67) and the base (64) on a side facing a rising part of the contact piece (67). The tab (11) includes a part configured to be sandwiched resiliently between the base (64) and the contact piece (67) and contacts a leading end edge of the contact piece (67) along the front-rear direction when the male and female terminals (10, 60) are connected and a part projecting laterally outwardly through the opening (69).

Abstract: A female terminal fitting includes an electric connection portion having a bottom plate, side plates, and a top plate. An elastic contact piece opposed to the top plate or the bottom plate is provided inside the electric connection portion. The elastic contact piece includes a central contact which protrudes toward the top plate or the bottom plate. The top plate or the bottom plate includes a pair of contacts and a curved contact portion. The pair of contacts is provided respectively in widthwise edge portions of an inner surface of the top plate or the bottom plate. The curved contact portion is provided between the pair of contacts so as to be recessed like an arc.

Abstract: A terminal fitting (F) includes a pressure receiving portion (20) formed by causing a part of a first top plate (13) constituting a rectangular tubular body (10) to project toward a resilient contact piece (18), a locking projection (15) flush with the first top plate (13) and projecting from an extending end edge (13E) of the top plate (13) extending in a front-rear direction and locked to a right side plate (12R), and a right side edge (22R) constituting an outer peripheral edge part of the pressure receiving portion (20) and arranged along the extending end edge (13E) of the first top plate (13). A spacing in a width direction between the extending end edge (13E) of the first top plate (13) and the right side edge (22R) is smallest in an area corresponding to the locking projection (15).

Abstract: A connection box with reliable and yet inexpensive contacts for solar panels to enable the use of multiple types of passive and active covers for different functionalities in the junction box built into the panel.

Abstract: A connector terminal includes two top side contact points each of which makes point contact with a top surface of a counter connector terminal and three bottom side contact points each of which makes point contact with a bottom surface of the counter connector terminal and which are not aligned in a straight line, the two top side contact points doing not overlap the three bottom side contact points when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the counter connector terminal in a fitted state, a position of a center of gravity as determined by arrangement positions of the two top side contact points coincides with a position of a center of gravity as determined by arrangement positions of the three bottom side contact points when viewed in the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the counter connector terminal in the fitted state.

Abstract: A terminal fitting includes a wire connecting portion (11) to be connected to an end part of a wire. A terminal body (12) is provided in front of the wire connecting portion (11) and has a square cross-section. A projection (30) projects in a direction intersecting with a front-back direction from the terminal body (12). The projection (30) includes a standing wall portion (35) standing along a side surface of the terminal body (12) from a corner part of the terminal body (12), a front surface of the projection (30) is inclined to gradually reduce a projecting dimension toward front and a rear surface of the projection (30) is open in the front-back direction.

Abstract: A fitting cylinder section 11 of a female terminal main body 10 includes a first side plate 11a from which a columnar body 15 for a rivet protrudes as one in a plurality of side wall plates forming a square cylinder shape, a leaf spring 20 fixed to the fitting cylinder section 11 has a rivet insertion hole 21a into which the columnar body 15 for the rivet can be inserted, and the fitting cylinder section 11 has a structure in which the leaf spring 20 is fixed to an inner section thereof by performing the press-molding in the square cylinder shape section after rivet-retaining the leaf spring 20 to the first side plate 11a in a deployment shape and before performing the press-molding in the square cylinder shape.

Abstract: A contact connection structure includes a first terminal including a first contact portion including an indent and a second terminal including a second contact portion including a contact face that makes contact with the indent. The indent includes a first arc face having the first curvature center extending on a first line, the contact face includes a second arc face having a curvature different from the curvature of the first arc face, the second curvature center of the second arc face extending on a second line perpendicular to the first line. The first arc face and the second arc face make contact with each other by an elliptic region. The direction of one of the first line and the second line is the direction of the long axis of the elliptic region, and the direction of the other line is a direction of the short axis of the elliptic region.

Abstract: A terminal contact portion (15) of a female terminal (11) includes: a bottom plate (35); a first side plate (37) and a second side plate (41); a top plate (39) continuously bent from the first side plate (37); an elastic piece (19) bent to be overlaid on the top plate (39) at an elastic piece bent portion (47) corresponding to an end portion of the top plate (39) along a terminal lengthwise direction; a pair of engaging projections (43) provided to project in a bent edge portion of the elastic piece (19); and a pair of engaging holes (45) formed in the first side plate (37) correspondingly to the engaging projections (43).

Abstract: A female terminal (10) includes a tubular portion (14) into which a male terminal (11) is to be inserted, a plurality of first resilient pieces (23) projecting inwardly of the tubular portion (14) from a bottom wall (15) of the tubular portion (14) and arranged side by side in a direction intersecting with an inserting direction of the male terminal (11) into the tubular portion (14), and a plurality of contact portions (28) arranged at positions of the tubular portion (14) respectively corresponding to the plurality of first resilient pieces (23) and configured to sandwich the male terminal (11) between the plurality of resilient pieces (23) and the contact portions. Since this enables each first resilient piece (23) to apply a proper contact pressure to the male terminal (11), the male terminal (11) is pressed against the second contact portions (28) at a proper contact pressure.

Abstract: A housing of a linear conductor connection terminal is provided with a first contact point portion having a recessed portion composed of a metal plate and opening inwardly of the housing. The recessed portion allows insertion of a linear conductor inserted into the housing from an insertion port. The housing is further provided with a second contact point portion that supports contact between the linear conductor and the first contact point portion. This allows the linear conductor to reliably conductively contact the first contact point portion and the second contact point portion.

Abstract: A contact member has a first flat-plate portion, a pair of leg portions, a second flat-plate portion, and a projection portion. The pair of leg portions extends from opposite ends of the first flat-plate portion along a first orientation in a direction intersecting with the first flat-plate portion. The second flat-plate portion is connected to a projecting end of the leg portion. The projection portion extends from an end of the first flat-plate portion on a first direction side of a second orientation, which intersects with the first orientation, to the same direction as the direction where the leg portion extends. The projection portion is bent in a second direction of the second orientation to pass through the space between the pair of leg portions, thereby projecting in the second direction of the second orientation. The projection portion is provided with a protruding portion that expands along the first orientation.

Abstract: A terminal fitting is mounted on a terminal accommodation chamber formed in a connector housing by being engaged with an elastically deformable lance provided in the terminal accommodation chamber. The terminal fitting includes a bite resistance increasing part that is formed only at an upper portion of a hole edge engagement end face of an engaging hole to be engaged with the lance and increases a bite resistance to the lance. An lower portion of the hole edge engagement end face is flat. The bite resistance increasing part has a wave-shaped part that is formed by partially pressing the hole edge engagement end face.

Abstract: An assembly includes an electrical connector, a cable unit, and adapter terminals. The electrical connector includes an insulator body and conductive terminals disposed at the insulator body. Each conductive terminal includes an insert arm positioned outside the insulator body. The cable unit includes a plug connector and cables connected to the plug connector. Each of the adapter terminals is connected to a core wire of a corresponding cable and is sleeved on the insert arm of a corresponding conductive terminal. Each adapter terminal is electrically connected between the core wire of the corresponding cable and the insert arm of the corresponding conductive terminal.