Patent ID: 9673544
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: F21K,F21V,H01R

Claim:
1. A short type metal female terminal comprising a base in the form of a single flat board having a first side edge and a second side edge that are opposite to and distant from each other, a plurality of weld legs being disposed on said base to provide an electrical connection with a light board, said base having an opening forming an entrance to receive a male terminal to extend therethrough, two main elastic plates being respectively and integrally extending from the left side edge and the right side edge of said base, such that said two main elastic plates extend outward away from each other and then bend downwards and extend inwards along and under an undersurface of the flat board of the base in a direction toward each other to reach a place below said entrance, and thence bend upwards to pass through said entrance to form opposite contact points above said entrance and located above a top surface of the flat board, wherein said male terminal extending through the entrance is receivable between said contact points to carry out said electrical connection; wherein the opening that forms the entrance of the base has two opposite inner side edges respectively corresponding to the left side edge and the right side edge of the flat board and two subordinate elastic plates respectively and integrally extending from the opposite inner side edges of the opening, the subordinate elastic plates being separate from and corresponding to the main elastic plates respectively and arranged to be in contact with the main elastic plates at outer side surfaces of the main elastic plates that are opposite to each other to respectively support the main elastic plates.