Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Plural-contact coupling part
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-13
2001-12-11
Paumen, Gary (Department: 2833)
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Plural-contact coupling part
C439S439000, C439S701000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06328610
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a terminal and terminal holder mounting arrangement for an electric connector, and more particularly to such a terminal and terminal holder mounting arrangement, which simplifies the assembly procedure of the electric connector, and reduces its manufacturing cost.
Various electric terminal and terminal holder mounting designs have been disclosed.
FIG. 10
shows a prior art design. According to this design, a special tool must be used to bend the terminals to the desired shape. After installation of the terminals in the terminal holders, partition plates must be installed to prevent contact between terminals.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is one object of the present invention to provide a terminal and terminal holder mounting arrangement for an electric connector, which simplifies the assembly process of the electric connector. It is another object of the present invention to provide a terminal and terminal holder mounting arrangement for an electric connector, which greatly reduces the manufacturing cost of the electric connector. To achieve these and other objects of the present invention and according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal and terminal holder mounting arrangement, which comprises a terminal holder injection molded from plastics, and a plurality of terminals installed in the terminal holder and adapted for mounting on a circuit board to receive an electric connector. The terminal holder comprises a front body, a rear body, and an opening transversely disposed on the middle between the front body and the rear body. The terminals are inserted through the opening of the terminal holder and respective terminal channels at the top side of the front body of and respective positioning grooves at the bottom side of the rear body, each having one end terminating in a front end pin portion extended over the front side of the front body and bent downwards, an opposite end terminating in a rear end pin portion extended over the rear side of the rear body and bent upwards, and an expanded locating block positioned in locating grooves in the terminal channels. According to another aspect of the present invention, the terminals are formed integral with a breakable material strip, which can be broken and separated from the terminals after the terminals had been positioned in the terminal holder. According to still another aspect of the present invention, the terminals each have end pin portions at two distal ends, and two bending portions extended from the end pin portions toward each other for enabling the end pin portions to be bent to the desired direction by hand without the use of a hand tool.
REFERENCES:
patent: 6093060 (2000-07-01), Wiebking et al.
Bacon & Thomas
Gushi Ross
Paumen Gary
Speed Tech Corporation
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