than an inner diameter of a through hole not shown into which the pin terminal 70 is held the fourth embodiment of the pin terminal is used in the same manner as the first through third embodiments in fig1 the pin terminal of the fourth embodiment is used in a dip dual in line package type electronic component 41 in other words the fourth embodiment of the compliant pin terminal of the invention is applied to each lead terminal 66 at the electronic component 41 comprising a body 42 thereof and the lead terminals 66 in either case with the aforesaid embodiments the compliant pin terminal inserted into the through hole is provided with the linear divided portions and expanded elastic contact portions formed by the slits provided in the terminal body and the elastic portions coming into press contact with the inner surface of the through hole thereby holding the pin terminal therein hence even when a lengthwise pulling force acts on the compliant pin terminal held in the through hole the linear divided portion bears the pulling force so that the expanded contact portions are not subjected thereto accordingly there is no fear that the distance between the opposite expanded elastic contact portions becomes smaller than an inner diameter of the through hole whereby the compliant pin terminal is reliably prevented from escapting from the through hole also since the expanded elastic portions are formed only at the portion of pin terminal disposed within the through hole even when the portion of the pin terminal outside the same is subjected to an.