Joint connector and joint terminal

A joint connector comprising:

• a housing that includes a plurality of terminal chambers segmented by a plurality of partitions;
• and
• at least two neighboring joint terminals that are housed in terminal chambers neighboring among the plurality of terminal chambers, respectively, wherein
• each of the neighboring joint terminals includes a wire-crimping portion with which a wire is connected, a terminal body housed in a terminal chamber among the plurality of terminal chambers, and a pair of first and second contact portions laterally extended outward from both sides of the terminal body, respectively,
• the first contact portion of one of the neighboring joint terminals is electrically contacted with the second contact portion of another of the neighboring joint terminals in a slit among the plurality of slits that is located between the neighboring joint terminals, and
• a pair of spring tabs is formed on both sidewalls of the terminal body of the each of the neighboring joint terminals, respectively, and contacts with opposed inner surfaces of the terminal chamber, respectively, by an elastic restoration behavior of the pair of spring tabs.