Patent ID: 6056604
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical receptacle terminal comprising:a frame with a receptacle section for a male terminal, the receptacle section having a general shell configuration with one side of the shell having a seam therein, the seam being located to section the side of the receptacle section into two cantilevered side sections with each side section being cantilevered from an opposite wall of the receptacle section parallel to the seam; anda leaf spring movably captured within the receptacle, the leaf spring being biased against the shell of the receptacle section with opposite ends of the leaf spring contacting the side of the shell;wherein the leaf spring has two pairs of support surfaces, one pair of the support surfaces being located at each of the opposite ends of the leaf spring, one support surface of each pair of support surfaces contacting a corresponding one of the cantilevered side sections adjacent the wall of the receptacle section from which the side section cantilevers so that when the male terminal is inserted into the receptacle section the leaf spring is urged against the shell without substantially spreading the seam.