Patent ID: 11955756
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. An electric terminal, comprising:
a contact section, including;
a socket defined at least in part by:
an intermediate wall extending in a transverse direction of the terminal;
a first side wall extending vertically downward from the intermediate wall;
a bottom wall extending in the transverse direction from the first side wall; and
a second side wall extending vertically upward from the bottom wall; and

a locking lance arranged above the socket and adapted to lock the electric terminal in a connector housing of an electric connector, the locking lance defined at least in part by:
a third side wall extending at least partially vertically upward from the second side wall and arranged above the intermediate wall;
a top wall extending in the transverse direction from the third side wall; and
a fourth side wall extending vertically downward from the top wall, the fourth sidewall including one of a lug or a recess on a free end thereof and engaging with a corresponding other one of the lug or the recess defined by the intermediate wall or the first side wall and securing the locking lance in an axial direction of the terminal; and

a transition section extending from the contact section and having a secondary latching, the secondary latching including first and second circumferential sections extending vertically upward from respective sides of the terminal, ends of the first and second circumferential sections extending inward toward one another in the transverse direction and connected to one another by a plug-in connection.