Patent ID: 6537095
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A low insertion force terminal comprising:a female terminal and a male terminal, said female terminal comprising: a bottom sized and shaped for soldering the female terminal to a conductor; and a pair of opposing upright parts extending from said bottom in a cantilever beam shape and terminating in distal ends which are laterally spaced apart from one another and at equal height from the bottom; and wherein one of said opposing upright parts has an extended part which projects in a widthwise direction at one of the distal ends corresponding to said one of said upright parts, the extended part extending in said widthwise direction from said one of said upright parts to beyond a distal end part of another of said upright parts, and said opposing upright parts define a male terminal support part that holds and supports the male terminal when the male terminal is mated to the female terminal, the male terminal support part being located at a position in proximity to said extended part of said pair of upright parts.