Patent ID: 6612880
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector terminal comprising:an elongated generally planar wire connecting portion formed to connect electrically with an outside wire lead, said connecting portion defining a first plane; a shoulder portion having a planar first section that extends from a first side of the connecting portion, wherein said first section defines a second plane that is normal to the first plane of the connecting portion so that the terminal will be held stable when the terminal is mounted on a wiring board and the first section of the shoulder portion is restrained by being positioned between said wiring board and an outside part located out of the first plane of the wire connecting portion; and an elongated wire board mounting portion having an axis and formed to fit axially in a terminal opening in the wiring board, wherein the mounting portion is joined to a free end of the first section of the shoulder portion remote from the wire connecting portion, and the second plane defined by said first section includes the the axis of said mounting portion.