Patent ID: 6551149
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connecting terminal made of a substantially strip conductive plate and comprising a fixed part provided at one end of the conductive plate to be mounted onto a circuit board, and a contact part at the other end of the conductive plate formed by bending the conductive plate toward the fixed part to form a curved part, said contact part being elastically deformed about the curved part to come into compression contact with a substantially flat conductor, said connecting terminal further comprisinga pair of side wall parts formed by bending the conductive plate in the width direction thereof toward the contact part, wherein the interval between the side wall parts is made larger than a width of the contact part, and both end sides of the contact part contact or approach inner surfaces of the side wall parts when the contact part comes into compression contact with the flat conductor, and a notch defined at the base of the side wall parts forming a slot on the base plate thereof to separate a separated part from the fixed part, said separated part connected to the fixed part by the pair of side wall parts.