Electrical connector with improved terminal

An electrical connector for mating with a complementary connecting device having a blade terminal, comprising:

• a dielectric housing having a front mating face, a rear terminating face, an elongated terminal-receiving cavity with an open end through the mating face for insertion therethrough of said blade terminal, and a pair of opposite end walls of the cavity having respective locking ledges and abutment shoulders;
• and
• a conductive female terminal inserted into said cavity through the rear terminating face of the housing and including
• a pair of elongated side walls and a pair of end walls with at least one of the end walls joining the side walls in spaced relation,
• a plurality of flexible contact arms folded back over each side wall from an upper edge thereof nearest the open end of the cavity for engaging a respective side of said blade terminal,
• a locking finger projecting from each end wall of the female terminal and engageable with the locking ledge on a respective end wall of the terminal-receiving cavity,
• an abutment shoulder on each end wall of the female terminal engageable with the abutment shoulder on a respective end wall of the terminal-receiving cavity, and
• a plurality of terminating tails projecting from a lower edge of each side wall.

A female terminal for insertion into a terminal-receiving cavity of an electrical connector housing and for receiving a mating blade terminal, the female terminal comprising:

• a pair of elongated side walls joined in spaced relation by at least one terminal end wall,
• a plurality of flexible contact arms folded back over each side wall from an upper edge thereof for engaging a respective side of said blade terminal,
• a locking finger projecting from the at least one terminal end wall for engaging appropriate locking means in the cavity of the housing,
• an abutment shoulder on the at least one terminal end wall engageable with an appropriate abutment shoulder of the housing to define the depth of insertion of the female terminal into the cavity, and
• a plurality of terminating tails projecting from a lower edge of each side wall.