US 12,142,866 B2
Terminal fitting and connector
Junya Matsuura, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/784,743
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/044405
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124842, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-229949 (JP), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006389 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 13/40 (2006.01); H01R 13/502 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/111 (2013.01) [H01R 13/40 (2013.01); H01R 13/502 (2013.01); H01R 13/64 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal fitting, comprising:
a tubular connecting portion; and
a deflectable and deformable resilient contact portion arranged in the connecting portion,
wherein:
the connecting portion includes a bead extending in a front-rear direction and projecting inward toward a contact point of the resilient contact portion on a base wall portion facing the contact point, and
an outer surface of the base wall portion includes:
recesses recessed inwardly in both front and rear end parts of the bead; and
a shorting terminal facing portion located outwardly of bottoms of the recesses between the both front and rear end parts of the bead.