Patent · US Expired

Female terminal

US6290553A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
2References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 4, 2000
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 4, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/187
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a female terminal (10), projections (17) of a contact piece (12), received within a body (11), are engaged respectively in windows (16) formed respectively in opposed walls (15) of the body (11). A support portion (31), formed on the body (11), is resiliently held against a concave surface (18A) of the contact piece (12). The support portion (31) is held against the contact piece (12) through an engagement portion (40) which makes a concave-convex engagement in a direction of a thickness of the contact piece (12).

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.