Weak mating force female terminal

A weak mating force female terminal, comprising:

• a base plate portion;
• a pair of elastic curled portions formed integral with said base plate portion and extending from both side ends of said base plate portion so as to be folded over an inner surface of said base plate portion, each of said elastic curled portions being formed with a primary inclined guide portion extending upwardly and outwardly toward a male terminal insertion opening at an outer end of said elastic curled portion;
• a pair of electric contact portions each formed integral with said elastic curled portion and extending from a middle end of said elastic curled portion so as to be bent outwardly along the inner surface of said base plate portion at an inner end of said elastic curled portion, each of said electric contact portions being formed with a secondary inclined guide portion extending upwardly so as to intersect the primary inclined guide portion of said elastic curled portion at an outer end of said electric contact portion;
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• a pair of thirdly inclined guide portions each of which is disposed between a base of said primary inclined guide portion and a base of said secondary inclined guide portion and extends upwardly.