Patent · US Expired

Electrical terminal with locking lance

US5711687A · kind A · utility

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7References

6Claims

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Assignee

Whitaker & Company · US

Inventors

David Bouwe Kuiper-Moore · London, GB
Peter Donald Gaulton · Ruislip, GB
Christian Otto Bommel · Bad Vilbel, DE
Rolf Jetter · Darmstadt, DE
Antonio Lehner · Nauheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 6, 1996
Grant date	Jan 27, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R13/434
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A tab terminal comprises an inner contact body and an outer spring body having a locking lance. The outer body is mounted over the inner body in a vertical direction, whereby inwardly bent tabs of the inner contact body receive a side wall of the outer body, the other side wall of the outer body having a clinching tab that engages in a cutout of the inner contact body. The latter enables a very simple assembly procedure that reduces assembly time, tool complication, and therefore production costs.

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