Patent ID: 6875032
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A circuit board terminal having a leading end insertable into an accommodation in a circuit board, a mounting portion spaced from the leading end and a board connection portion between the leading end and the mounting portion to establish an electrical connection with a contact portion formed on an inner surface of the accommodation, the board portion comprising: first and second opposed resilient contacts having outwardly facing surfaces for electrical connection with the contact portion of the accommodation and inner surfaces substantially facing one another, the resilient contacts each having a first edge on a first side of the terminal fitting and a second edge on a second side of the terminal fitting, the resilient contacts being resiliently deformable substantially in radial directions towards and away from one another with a deformation space therebetween in order to contact the contact portion; and a substantially planar resiliently deformable strut formed between the inwardly facing surfaces of the resilient contacts, the resiliently deformable strut extending obliquely from the first edge of the first resilient contact to the second edge of the second resilient contact, a window being formed through portions of the resiliently deformable strut closest to the leading end of the terminal fitting so that the leading end of the board connecting portion is more easily deformable during insertion into the accommodation.