Patent ID: 7201617
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A female terminal comprising: a one-piece terminal body consisting of a metallic, polygonal single tube wall having a front metallic open end and a back portion having a wire connecting means for crimping around a wire, said front metallic open end being adapted for receiving a male terminal having an outer surface formed from contiguous flat surfaces that are complementary in shape to an inner polygonal surface of said single tube wall, wherein a plurality of plate spring portions are integrally formed from said single tube wall to extend from different peripheral positions of an axial direction end portion of the single tube wall, the plate spring portions being supported at both ends of said tube wall and contacting the male terminal while elastically deforming independently of one another, and wherein each of said plate spring portions is smoothly curved inwardly toward a central axis of said single tube wall and makes area contact between a smooth inner surface at a substantially center position of the plate spring portions and said complementary flat surfaces of said male terminal at a substantially a same distance along an axial direction of said single tube wall, and wherein each of said plate spring portions has a uniform width along said central axis.