Electrical connectors – Coupling part including flexing insulation – Hinged or flexed detent on insulation engaging to secure...
Patent
1992-03-12
1993-07-06
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Coupling part including flexing insulation
Hinged or flexed detent on insulation engaging to secure...
439596, 439752, 439877, H01R 1340
Patent
active
052248763
ABSTRACT:
The object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector in which terminals with wires having a diameter larger than another wire can be accommodated in the cavities of the connector without changing the size of the connector and without using a butt joint. The electrical connector according to the present invention includes a connector housing, a first terminal for connecting a first wire, the first terminal having an electrical contact portion at one end thereof, a conductor clamping portion at another end thereof, and intermediate portion, a second terminal for connecting a second wire having a diameter larger than that of the first wire, the second terminal having an electrical contact portion at one end thereof, a conductor clamping portion at another end thereof, and intermediate portion, the intermediate portion of the second terminal being formed to be longer than that of the first terminal, and a plurality of terminal accommodating cavities disposed in the connector housing for accommodating the first and second terminals, wherein each of the second terminals is accommodated so as to protrude form a rear end of the plurality of terminal accommodating cavities and at least one first terminal is disposed between the second terminals.
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patent: 5067913 (1991-11-01), Sagawa
Endo Takayoshi
Ito Masayuki
Watanabe Tamio
Yoneda Takahiro
Bradley Paula A.
Yazaki -Corporation
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