Female terminal fitting and method of assembling such terminal fitting

摘要

A female terminal fitting (F) has a terminal main body (10) with an inserting portion (11) that has two opposed resilient contacts (17) for receiving a male terminal fitting (M). A mounting member (30) is mountable sideways onto the inserting portion (11). The mounting member (30) has a base (31) and two supports (32) that extend in a widthwise direction from opposite ends of the base (31). The supports (32) are located to support the outer surfaces of the resilient contacts (17) opposite from contact surfaces (17a) with the male terminal fitting (M).