Female electrical terminal

US5281175A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• General Motors LLC · US

Inventors

• John M. Chupak · Hermitage, US
• Edward M. Bungo · Cortland, US
• Paul Gerhard Halbach · Wuppertal, DE
• Ludwig Pauss · Kettwig, DE
• Michael J. Model · Sachse, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 1993
• Grant date: Jan 25, 1994
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R13/113
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electrical female, box shaped terminal with a resilient contact arm which can receive different thicknesses of mating male terminals. The female terminal provides a controlled normally directed contact force against the male terminal.