Patent ID: 6019626
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A contact terminal, comprising:an electrically conductive plate including:a base plate;an electrical contact section, engageable with another terminal, formed at a front end portion of the base plate;a wire clamping section, for clamping a wire thereto, formed at a rear end portion of the base plate;an electrically conductive section formed between the electrical contact section and the wire clamping section, the electrically conductive section including first and second side walls, the first and second side walls which have first and second sets of insulation piercing blades, each of said sets of said blades extending inwardly perpendicular to said first and second side walls to confront each other so as to define a rectangular slot between said blades of each of said sets; anda step portion formed in the base plate between the electrical contact section and the wire clamping section so that a section of the base plate in the step portion in the front-to-rear direction is non-linear, said step portion providing a bending rigidity to the base plate in a horizontal direction and a supporting force to said first and second side walls of said electrically conductive section to prevent each of said sets of said blades from opening outwardly away from each other.