Patent ID: 6341978
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A press-connecting terminal, comprising:a base; a connection portion, to which a connection terminal of a mating connector is electrically connectable, disposed on the base; and a press-connecting portion, to which a conductor of an electric wire is electrically connectable, disposed on the base, the press-connecting portion including plural pairs of press-connecting blades, each pair of which have: a pair of bladed, tapering guide surfaces which slant inwardly downwardly, and a pair of opposed inner surfaces, between which a gap smaller than a diameter of the conductor of the electric wire is formed, and which downwardly extend respectively from the pair of tapering guide surfaces; wherein when an electric wire is press-fitted into the gap, the conductor of the electric wire is electrically connected to and held by the plural pairs of press-connecting blades, and wherein an effective total contact area of the opposed inner surfaces of the press-connecting blades with the conductor is set to a value equal to or greater than a cross-sectional area of the conductor.