| 摘要 |
A purpose of the invention is to provide a female terminal for a connector in which a box portion can be readily manufactured from one sheet of metal plate and an insertion property with respect to a terminal insertion hole of a mat seal is good. A female terminal (1) includes an electric contact portion (10) that has a cylindrical box portion (11) into which a male terminal is inserted through a front end inlet and an elastic contact spring (13) which is disposed in the inner part of the box portion (11) and clips and holds the male terminal between it and an upper wall portion of the box portion (11) when the male terminal is inserted into the inner part of the box portion (11). The box portion (11) is made in a cylindrical shape in such a manner that a roughly rectangular shaped metal plate is rolled and the end edges are abutted with each other, and the elastic contact spring (13) is formed by press processing from the metal plate integrated with that of the box portion (11). An abutment portion (12) of the metal plate is disposed on the upper wall portion of the box portion (11), and an indent (15a) is formed, from the outside of the box portion (11), at the upper wall portion having the abutment portion (12) disposed thereon. With this, a projection portion (15b) is provided at the inside of the box portion (11), and an apex of the projection portion (15b) is made to be a contact portion with respect to the male terminal. |
