Patent ID: 6341980
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal hardware connectable to a terminal end of a flat-type conductor having a conductor exposed on one surface, said terminal hardware comprising:a pair of plates that face each other to receive the conductor therebetween, each of the pair of plates respectively having opposing undulating portions configured to engage with each other when there is no conductor between the pair of plates, each undulating portion including two troughs spaced in a longitudinal direction of said pair of plates; a crimping portion that projects from a side edge of one of said pair of plates and that is bendable and crimpable to a side edge of the other one of said pair of plates; and an elongated projection provided on one of said pair of plates facing the exposed surface of the conductor to contact the conductor, said elongated projection extending in the longitudinal direction of said pair of plates.