Patent ID: 6089928
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
In combination, an electric terminal with an electric contact portion, said contact portion having a hollow square shape and comprising a ceiling wall with a shoulder formed at an end thereof on a side opposite a side where a mating terminal is fitted, a side wall, and a stabilizer, said stabilizer including an extension plate extending in a height direction from said side wall and bent back on a side of said ceiling wall to provide a double layered plate;a connector housing with a terminal receiving cavity formed therein; anda terminal locking device mountable in a preliminary locked and full locked positions on said connector housing, said terminal locking device including a resilient locking arm and a side wall, said side wall having a cutout corresponding to said stabilizer of said electric terminal,wherein when said terminal locking device is mounted in said preliminary locked position on said connector housing, said electric terminal is insertable into said terminal receiving cavity to have said shoulder engaged by said resilient locking arm, and when said terminal locking device is moved from said preliminary locked position to said full locked position on said connector housing, said stabilizer, while maintaining said shoulder engaged by said resilient locking arm, engages in said cutout, and wherein said terminal locking device is movable from said preliminary locked position to said full locked position only when said electric terminal has been fully inserted into said terminal receiving cavity, wherein said stabilizer further comprises a reinforcement plate extending from an end of said bent back extension plate and located on said ceiling wall of said contact portion.