Terminal and joint connector using the same

A joint connector comprising:

• a connector housing having a plurality of cavities;
• a common conductive plate mounted in said connector housing;
• and
• a plurality of terminals each having a terminal body and a contact tongue, said contact tongue coming into contact with said common conductive plate in said connector housing when said terminal body is inserted into a cavity in said connector housing, whereby said terminals are brought into an electrical communication with each other through said common conductive plate in said connector housing;
• wherein said terminal body includes a bottom wall and a pair of side walls each of which stands on one of opposite side ends of said bottom wall, wherein said tongue includes a front spring portion turned back from a front end of said bottom wall between said side walls and a rear spring portion turned back in a U-shape from a rear end of said contact tongue in opposition to said front spring portion, and
• a support projection extending laterally from each side of said tongue at a distal end of said rear spring portion, a hole in each of said side walls, each said hole having a first side, elongated in said insertion direction, and a second side, elongated in said insertion direction, said second side being farther from said rear spring portion than said first side, each said support projection in said hole bearing against said second side when said terminal body is in said cavity.