FEMALE ELECTRIC TERMINAL

摘要

A female electrical terminal (10) has a contact end (12) and a terminating end (14). The contact end includes a pair of opposing walls (24) for receiving a male terminal therebetween. A flexible element (20) is disposed in the contact end for pressing against the male terminal. The flexible element (20) includes a mounting section (38) with spaced wall portions (40) juxtaposed inside the opposing walls of the contact end. Complementary interengaging latches (44) are provided between the opposing walls and the spaced wall portions of the mounting section of the flexible element. An abutment (52) is provided in the contact end to prevent inward collapsing of the spaced wall portions and, thereby, to maintain the latches in interengagement.