US 12,418,127 B2
Female terminal fitting with durable elastic contact piece
Yutaka Noro, Mie (JP); and Masahiro Matoba, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/921,762
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/012157
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/220674, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-080458 (JP), filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0170639 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/193 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/114 (2013.01) [H01R 4/185 (2013.01); H01R 13/193 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female terminal fitting comprising:
a main body part having a tubular shape; and
an elastic contact piece extending, inside the main body part, from a support point part to a free end part and contacting part, the elastic contact piece configured to contact a partner-side male tab inserted in the main body part,
wherein
a free end part side of the elastic contact piece displaces in a plate thickness direction of the elastic contact piece,
the main body part includes
a regulating part that comes in contact with the elastic contact piece and regulates a displacement range of the free end part side to less than or equal to a plate thickness of the elastic contact piece;
a bottom plate; and
a side plate standing erect from the bottom plate and having an opening for receiving a projecting part of the elastic contact piece, the projecting part projecting from the free end part side in a width direction,
the regulating part includes
a first regulating part provided on an erect side of the side plate and
a second regulating part formed to protrude from the bottom plate at a position opposite to an edge part of the opening of the side plate across the projecting part from the edge part of the opening.