Patent ID: 6428366
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical terminal socket for receiving a terminal pin member, the terminal socket being stamped and formed from a single sheet of conductive metal material, comprising:a base wall, a pair of side walls folded upwardly from opposite sides of the base wall, a top wall folded inwardly from the top of one of the side walls, whereby said base wall, side walls and top wall define a socket with an opening at a front end thereof for receiving the terminal pin member, a terminating section extending from the base wall at a rear end of the socket, and a spring arm folded downwardly from a rear end of the top wall into the socket, the spring arm being tapered from a wide end thereof substantially the same width as the top wall and joined to the top wall to a narrow free end thereof which does not interfere with the terminating section during stamping and forming of the electrical terminal socket.