Press-fit terminal and method for manufacturing press-fit terminal

A press-fit terminal comprising:

• a cylindrical pin having a narrow portion, the narrow portion having a narrow-portion main body and a large diameter portion that has a diameter larger than a diameter of the narrow-portion main body and is located at an end of the narrow-portion main body in an attachment direction in which the press-fit terminal is attached to a press-fit attachment object;
• and
• a contact section comprising a plurality of elastic contact pieces to come into contact with the press-fit attachment object and a connection portion that connects ends of the plurality of elastic contact pieces near the large diameter portion and is slidably disposed on the large diameter portion, the contact section being fitted to the narrow portion in a way that enables the contact section to move between a first position and a second position, the first position being a position at which the plurality of elastic contact pieces do not come into contact with the large diameter portion during attachment to the press-fit attachment object, the second position being a position at which the plurality of elastic contact pieces come into contact with a peripheral surface of the large diameter portion during a withdrawal from the press-fit attachment object while surrounding the larger diameter portion along a periphery thereof.