Electrical connectors – Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient... – Spring actuated or resilient securing part
Patent
1996-07-12
1998-06-23
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient...
Spring actuated or resilient securing part
439862, H01R 1122
Patent
active
057696730
ABSTRACT:
A female terminal in which excessive flexing of a resilient contact piece portion is prevented by simple working. The female terminal of the invention includes deformation prevention folded portions which are bent respectively at opposite side portions of a second folded piece portion toward a first folded piece portion. The deformation prevention folded portion supports the first folded piece portion in a maximumly-flexed position of the first folded piece portion. When a male terminal, having a proper thickness, is inserted into the female terminal, a predetermined gap is formed between the first folded piece portion and the deformation prevention folded portion. Even when the first folded piece portion is flexed upon insertion of a thick foreign object into a hollow contact portion or upon prizing of the first folded piece portion in the hollow contact portion, the deformation prevention folded portion supports the first folded piece portion in the maximumly-flexed position thereof, and therefore a resilient contact piece portion will not be permanently deformed. And besides, the deformation prevention folded portion can be formed by simple working.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4696530 (1987-09-01), Vandame
patent: 5480320 (1996-01-01), Saimoto
patent: 5540603 (1996-07-01), Fujiwara
patent: 5551150 (1996-09-01), Zielinski et al.
Miwa Takeya
Ohta Yukio
Abrams Neil
Ta Tho Dac
Yazaki -Corporation
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