Patent ID: 6293831
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electric connector comprising:a male terminal member having a male portion; anda female terminal member including a female portion into which said male portion can be slidably inserted, said female portion being symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal axis of said female terminal member, said female portion including a base wall portion, side wall portions which extend upward from lateral ends of said base wall portion, upper wall portions which extend toward each other from upper ends of said side wall portions and bent back portions which extend laterally outward from the inward ends of said upper wall portions and which are disposed below said upper wall portions,wherein said bent back portions are inclined toward the corresponding upper wall portions in such a manner that a distance between each bent back portion and said base wall portion gradually increases as the bent back portion nears the corresponding side wall portion,wherein front ends of the inclined bent back portions are slanted in a direction away from said longitudinal axis so as to form slanted front ends, so that the front end of each bent back portion is underneath and does not extend as forward as the corresponding upper wall portion thereby to constitute guide slopes for facilitating insertion of said mail portion of the male terminal member into said female portion of the female terminal member,wherein the slanted front ends of the inclined bent back portions are provided by cutting off, along a straight line, front side corners of a blank of said female terminal member, bending lateral outside portions of the blank to constitute said inclined bent back portions having said slanted front ends, and bending lateral inside portions of the blank to constitute said side wall portions and said upper wall portions, andwherein the slanted front ends of the inclined bent back portions constitute guide slopes that are slanted at a predetermined angle with respect to an angle at which said male portion is inserted into said female portion.