Press-contact terminal fitting

A press-contact terminal fitting comprising:

• a pair of opposed clamping plates between which a sheathed electric wire is to be fitted;
• a press-contact blade formed inside of the respective clamping plates for cutting a sheath of the sheathed electric wire to electrically connect with a conductive wire thereof when the sheathed electric wire is fitted between the clamping plates;
• a pair of holding strips which are to be bent to hold the sheathed electric wire fitted between the clamping plates;
• and
• a pair of connecting plates, each connecting plate integrally connecting one of the clamping plates and one of the holding strips, respectively,
• wherein a dimension of a portion where each of the connecting plates is connected to a clamping plate is shorter than a dimension of a portion where each of the connecting plates is connected to a holding strip;
• wherein the pair of holding strips includes a first holding strip and a second holding strip which is arranged closer to the associated clamping plate than the first holding strip;
• and
• wherein a dimension of a portion where the connecting plate associated with the second holding strip is connected to the clamping plate is shorter than a dimension of a portion where the connecting plate associated with the first holding strip is connected to the clamping plate.