Patent ID: 9136635
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal for use with a connector and engagable with another terminal of another connector, the terminal also being configured for use with a circuit substrate having a conductor pattern, the terminal comprising: a connecting part that is connectable to the other terminal of the other connector; and a lead part that is configured to be soldered to the conductor pattern of the circuit substrate; wherein, upon being molded, the terminal is joined to a joining part, which extends from a carrier, and the terminal is then formed via pressing of a conductive metal material and by being cut and separated from the carrier; the lead part is plated with tin, and a notch part, whose thickness is thinned, is cut from a surface side that is soldered to the conductor pattern by a cutter, which is disposed between the lead part and the joining part; and the notch part is provided with a guide part for guiding the cutter in an upward direction to a bottom surface of the notch part, such that the cutter forms a fillet forming piece made of a portion of the notch part and disposed on a side of the lead part, the fillet forming piece defining an edge of the lead part that extends further in the upward direction than an adjacent section of the lead part.