Patent ID: 6672911
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal socket assembly for interconnecting electrically powered vehicular components with a male input blade and an output cable, said socket assembly comprising:a generally rectangular spring cage blank having extending side and end border edges and at least one individual plurality of spaced apart beams arranged between said border edges; said spring cage blank being shaped into a substantially three dimensional and rectangular configuration and in which said beams are arranged in a substantially angled pattern and such that each of said beams is angled in a first axially extending direction, torsioned in a second perpendicular extending direction, and curved inwardly in a third vertical direction; and a sleeve including a substantially rectangular shaped portion for receiving said spring cage in axially inserting and fixedly retaining fashion, the male input blade being biasingly mated with said interiorly hollowed sleeve and assembled spring cage to thereby create decreased inserting forces and increased normal directed holding forces between said input blade and said sleeve and cage, said sleeve further comprising gripping portions for fixedly engaging an extending end of the cable.