Female terminal for the electrically conductive connection to a terminal pin, especially a flat-pin terminal

Female terminal for the electrically conductive connection to a terminal pin, especially a flat-pin terminal, comprising

• a base element including (1) a tubular receiving portion which forms an enclosed accommodation chamber with an insertion opening for receiving the terminal pin and (2) a connection portion for fixedly retaining a conductor of a cable, said tubular portion having a contact portion for contacting the terminal pin, said base element being made of a material with a high electrical conductivity;
• and
• a separate elastic element provided in the accommodation chamber and formed from a non-corrosive spring steel, said elastic element including two first leg portions and at least one second leg portion extending from a first end of said two first leg portions such that the at least one second leg portions forms a V-shape with respect to said two first leg portions, said two first leg portions including engagement portions, at a second opposite end of said first leg portions, which extend away from each other for respectively engaging attachment through holes of the base element to retain said elastic element to said base element, said two first leg portions extending along a wall of the tubular receiving portion toward the insertion opening and, said at least one second leg portion extending into said accommodation chamber toward the contact portion to receive the terminal pin therebetween.