Patent ID: 6019637
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A contact terminal fixing construction comprising a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion which are mounted on a board in spaced relation to each other so as to fix a strip-like contact terminal of a predetermined length over a surface of the board,wherein when a distal end portion of said contact terminal is moved in a direction intersecting the surface of the board, said first fixing portion engages the distal end portion to hold the same against disengagement from the board,wherein said second fixing portion comprises a pair of claws formed on and projecting from the board, and when said contact terminal is pivotally moved about said first fixing portion, a proximal end portion of said contact terminal is fitted into a space between the pair of claws, and is held against disengagement from the board, andwherein said contact terminal has limitation means which is engageable with one of said first fixing portion and said second fixing portion so as to limit the movement of said contact terminal in a direction of a length thereof.