Patent ID: 6094122
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electric terminal connection comprising:first and second electric terminals connected together in axial alignment;the second electric terminal comprising a cylindrical walled tube having a distal end portion comprising an open distal end and a proximal end portion comprising an open proximal end;the first electric terminal having a distal end portion that is received within the proximal end portion of the tube and that comprises a lead, and a cylindrical groove that is proximal to the lead and that comprises an internal cylindrical face bounded distally by a distal shoulder and proximally by a proximal shoulder;the tube comprising a first formation of its wall that is complementary to, and immediately confronts, the lead of the first terminal and a second formation of its wall that is proximal to the first formation and that protrudes radially into the groove of the first electric terminal into contact with the internal cylindrical face of the groove and into a radial interference with the distal shoulder of the groove that prevents the electric terminals from separating in response to axial forces attempting to disconnect them; andwherein the second formation of the tube is constructed to be resiliently radially deflectable and arranged relative to the lead and the groove of the first terminal such that as the terminals are being connected, the lead is effective to resiliently deflect the second formation radially outward and allow the second formation to achieve axial registration with the groove, and upon attainment of such axial registration, the second formation relaxes into the contact with the internal cylindrical face of the groove and into the radial interference with the distal shoulder of the groove.