CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is based on and claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. 2019-179650, filed on Sep. 30, 2019, with the Japan Patent Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in their entireties by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to a male terminal and a male connector.

BACKGROUND

Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2003-243065 describes a connector with a male terminal fitting. A cavity of the connector is provided with a receiving surface substantially orthogonal to an inserting direction of the male terminal fitting. The male terminal fitting is provided with a contact surface substantially orthogonal to the inserting direction thereof. The male terminal fitting includes a tab projecting forward from the front end of a rectangular tube portion. The contact surface is provided on the front end edge of the rectangular tube portion.

The male terminal fitting inserted into the cavity is stopped in front by the contact of the contact surface thereof with the receiving surface in the cavity substantially in the same direction as the inserting direction thereof. Thus, the male terminal fitting can be reliably stopped in front at a predetermined proper insertion position.

SUMMARY

In recent years, the miniaturization of male terminals and male connectors has been required. For the miniaturization of a male terminal, it is, for example, considered to make a metal plate material constituting the male terminal thinner than before. If the metal plate material is thinned, the metal plate material constituting a rectangular tube portion may buckle when a contact surface comes into contact with a receiving surface of a housing in the case where the contact surface is provided on the front end edge of the rectangular tube portion. Then, there is a problem that the male terminal cannot be stopped in front with respect to a male connector.

The present disclosure was completed on the basis of the above situation and aims to reliably stop a male terminal in front.

The present disclosure is directed to a male terminal to be accommodated into a cavity of a housing, the male terminal including a plate-like tab formed in a front end part, and a box portion in the form of a rectangular tube connected to a rear part of the tab and open rearward, wherein a first projection projecting in a thickness direction of the tab is formed on one plate surface of the tab, and the first projection is press-fit to an inner wall of the cavity of the housing from behind.

According to the present disclosure, the male terminal can be reliably stopped in front.

The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments, and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and features will become apparent by reference to the drawings and the following detailed description.

