Patent · US Expired

Communication connector terminal and terminal block configuration

US6612880B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by
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22Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 26, 2001
Grant dateSep 2, 2003
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Expiry dateDec 26, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R12/585
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector terminal includes a planar wire connecting portion formed to connect with an outside wire lead, the connecting portion defining a first plane. A shoulder portion of the terminal has a planar first section extending from a first side of the connecting portion, and the first section defines a second plane that is normal to the first plane of the connecting portion so that the terminal is held stable when mounted on a wiring board and the first section of the shoulder portion is restrained by an outside part located out of the first plane of the wire connecting portion. An elongated mounting portion or tail is formed to fit axially in a terminal opening in the wiring board. The tail is joined to a free end of the first section of the shoulder portion remote from the wire connecting portion, and the second plane of the first section includes the axis of the mounting portion.

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