Electrical connectors – Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient... – Spring actuated or resilient securing part
Patent
1993-08-09
1995-08-01
Pirlot, David L.
Electrical connectors
Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient...
Spring actuated or resilient securing part
439842, H01R 1362
Patent
active
054375673
ABSTRACT:
A generally elongate female electrical terminal includes an improved torsional mating portion having a terminal-receiving passageway adapted to receive a male terminal. The mating portion includes two longitudinally spaced generally U-shaped cross sectional portions defining the front and rear of the passageway. Each U-shaped cross sectional portion is defined by a pair of legs joined by a bight portion. Two spaced apart side walls extend lengthwise of the passageway and connect the legs of the cross sectional portions. Each side wall has two longitudinally spaced, inwardly projecting dimples for engaging the male terminal received in the passageway. A bottom wall extends generally perpendicular from one of the side walls toward the other side wall. A free end of the bottom wall forms a transverse opening with the other side wall intermediate the U-shaped cross sectional portions. The front and rear of the bottom wall are spaced from the cross sectional portions. The side walls are flexed outwardly away from each other about generally longitudinal axes when a male terminal is inserted into the passageway. The bottom wall flexes upwardly to bias the male terminal in a more centered alignment with the dimples.
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Molex Incorporated
Pirlot David L.
Weiss Stephen Z.
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