A terminal fitting

摘要

To make an entire terminal fitting smaller while avoiding concentration of a stress on a resilient contact piece. ÄSolutionÜ A resilient contact piece 20 is comprised of a curved portion 21 folded back at a front end 15F of a bottom wall 15 (supporting plate portion), a touching portion 22 extending from the curved portion and held in contact with the bottom wall 15, and a contact portion 23 extending from the touching portion 22. Upon being brought into contact with a male tab T, the contact portion 23 is resiliently displaced with a rear end 22R of the touching portion 22 as a supporting point, and a contact pressure can be ensured by a resiliently restoring force of the resilient contact piece 20. Since the curved portion 21 is not resiliently deformed when the contact portion 23 is displaced, there is no possibility of concentrating a stress on the curved portion 21. Therefore, the height of a terminal fitting can be reduced by reducing a radius of curvature of the curved portion 21.