A female terminal including a connecting portion having a resilient strip portion for constituting a contact with a male terminal and connected to the male terminal, and a tubular portion for supporting the connecting portion continuous to the connecting portion or incorporating the resilient strip portion of the connecting portion and formed by bending one sheet of a formed conductive metal plate in which an edge portion of a portion of forming the tubular portion of the metal plate is disposed on one corner portion side of the tubular portion and a projection portion projected to a side opposed to the edge portion is formed at a face having the edge portion on a side of a corner portion opposed to a corner portion on a side at which the edge portion is disposed and at least a portion of the edge portion and the projection portion are respectively constituted to overlap the corresponding corner portions. The edge and projection portions are formed to fit closely at corners of a terminal cavity to prevent rattling of the terminal in the cavity.
A tabular terminal-use female terminal in which a tabular terminal is inserted is provided, which tabular terminal-use female terminal includes: a pair of elastic holding pieces extending in an insertion direction of the tabular terminal; a holding portion provided on each elastic holding piece for holding the tabular terminal; a guide face extending from each holding portion to an front end portion of each elastic holding piece for guiding the tabular terminal to the holding portion; and a receiving tapered portion provided on a side portion of each guide face, wherein the tabular terminal is able to be laterally inserted into the tabular terminal-use female terminal.
