Patent ID: 6478635
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connection device comprising a female connector (2) and a male connector (3), in whicha) the female connector (2) comprises an insulating base (4), which has a recess (6) adapted to receive and to guide the male connector, and a male contact tongue (9) disposed in said recess to ensure electrical connection with the male connector, b) the male connector (3) comprises an insulating casing (8), in which is disposed a female contact (27) adapted to coact with said male contact tongue (9) to ensure said electrical connection, c) the female contact (27) comprises a base portion (28) substantially in the form of a channel, with sidewalls which carry, in a first end region (28a) of the base portion, at least one pair of flexible contact blades (29, 30, 31) adapted to grip said male contact blade (9) and defining a contact zone, and in a second end region (28b) of said base portion, at least one pair of wings (32, 33) adapted to be crimped on an electrical supply conductor, the base portion (28) of the female contact comprising a transition region (28c) between said first and second end regions, and d) in the transition region (28c), the sidewalls of the base portion (28) in the form of a channel of the female contact carry two wings (34) which are bent toward each other and which bear end to end against each other so as to form with said base portion a closed rigidifying ring (35) that prevents a deformation of said second end region (28b), due to crimping said at least one pair of wings (32, 33) on an electrical conductor, from being propagated through said transition region (28c) to said first end region (28a).