Patent attributes
A female terminal hardware (10) has a terminal main body (20) with a box-like terminal connecting section (21). A louver terminal (40) is housed in the terminal main body (20) and includes contact pieces (43) each juxtaposed in an inserting direction of a mating male terminal (TA). Contacting piece holding sections (45) hold the contact pieces (43). The terminal connecting section (21) has a terminal containing section (23) for housing the louver terminal (40) and with a louver terminal inserting aperture 25 for receiving the louver terminal (40). The louver terminal (40) is provided on a side area of the contact pieces (43) with a restraining section (51) that restrains the louver terminal (40) from being shifted and defines an inserting space for the male terminal (TA).