Female terminal with a plurality of spring members and a projecting portion

A female terminal, comprising:

• a terminal connecting portion extending along a length direction and including an insertion opening on a front end in the length direction, a male terminal being inserted into the insertion opening;
• a resilient contact piece disposed inside the terminal connecting portion and configured to sandwich the male terminal between the terminal connecting portion and the resilient contact piece by resiliently contacting the male terminal from a height direction intersecting the length direction;
• a plurality of spring members disposed side by side across a gap along the length direction inside the terminal connecting portion and configured to resiliently contact the male terminal from one side in a width direction intersecting the length direction and the height direction;
• and
• a projecting portion projecting from the other side in the width direction toward the one side in the width direction inside the terminal connecting portion and configured to sandwich the male terminal between the plurality of spring members and the projecting portion.