摘要 |
An electrical connector including a female connector (40). The female connector (40) is provided with a housing (12) which have insertion slots (14) opening its one side and allowing male terminals (6) to be inserted, and a plurality of female terminals (10) each having a pair of contact sections (46) which project into the respective insertion slots and hold a male terminal from both of its sides, and having a base section (42) which support these contact sections via a pair of arm sections and is fixed onto the housing. The housing (12) has a recess portion (22) which receives the base section (42) and is formed on one of side wall portions 20 partitioning the insertion slot (14). The arm sections (44) extend from the base section (42) received in the recess portion (22) in a state of being inclined with respect to the axial line of the insertion slot (14). The contact sections (46) are situated on the intermediate position between the side wall portion (20) having the recess portion (22) and the opposed side wall portion.
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