Patent ID: 6375488
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An elongate terminal fitting for an electrical connector, said fitting comprising a base portion connected at one end to a tab for connection to a corresponding terminal fitting, and connected at the other end to a pair of arms having elongate arm portions extending longitudinally in the direction of elongation of the terminal fitting, the ends of said arms comprising wire connection members adapted to resiliently grip an electrical wire therebetween, wherein a root region is defined where said pair of arms are connected to said base portion, and said pair of arms having inside surfaces that converge toward and into contact with one another from said root region to said ends of said arms, and said wire connection members of said arms are substantially at a right angle to said arm portions and said direction of elongation, said arms gradually approaching one another from a root region where said arm portions are connected to said base portion to tips of said arms.