Female terminal
US5186664A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 10, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 10, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/113
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A female terminal into which a male tab terminal is inserted to make electrical connection therebetween. The female terminal includes a leaf spring having a convexly curved spring portion and forwardly and rearwardly extending flat portions. A pair of engagement pieces extend from the forwardly extending flat portion in the transverse direction through support holes on the opposite side walls of the female terminal. To prevent a load from rapidly increasing in the course of an inserting operation, each of the support holes for the engagement pieces has a forwardly enlarging triangular configuration corresponding to a locus of the engagement pieces resulting from the arcuate movement of the engagement pieces due to the pivoting of the forward flat portion after the male tab terminal is inserted into the female terminal. Alternatively, each of the support holes has a forwardly enlarging sector-like configuration.
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