JP2880059B

A pressure contact terminal (50) comprises: a main body (60) having an elongate main base plate (61), a pair of two front side plates (62) and a pair of two middle side plates (64) both formed by bending both sides of the main base plate; and a spring member (70) having a spring base plate (71), a spring piece (72) formed by turning down a front end of the spring base plate, and at least one pressure contact plate (74) formed by bending a rear end of the spring base plate at a right angle so as to be connected to wire conductor. After the spring member has been assembled with the main body, the two front side plates (62) being further bent into a box shape to form a male terminal pressure contact portion in cooperation with the spring piece (72) of the spring member (70). Since the spring piece (72) and the pressure contact plate (74) are formed integral with each other by the single spring member (70 ) of high elasticity, a male terminal can be pressure-connected to the wire conductor via only the single spring member (70), so that the electric contact reliability can be improved. Further, the spring member (70) can be manufactured simply through only bending process.