Patent ID: 6811436
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A male terminal fitting having opposite front and rear ends, an elongate tab adjacent the front end and defining a longitudinal direction and a selected cross-section normal to the longitudinal direction, a substantially rectangular tube spaced rearward of the tab and defining a cross-section larger than the tab, at least part of a wall of the substantially rectangular tube having an inner plate and an outer plate placed over the inner, a coupling portion extending from the substantially rectangular tube to the tab and converging from a large cross-section adjacent the substantially rectangular tube to a small cross-section adjacent the tab, an overlay plate extending integrally from the outer plate of the rectangular tube and being placed substantially on an outer surface of the coupling portion, a contact surface on an end of the overlay plate and disposed substantially at an end of the coupling portion adjacent the tab and aligned substantially normal to the longitudinal direction of the tab.