Patent ID: 6984134
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal blade connection system comprising: a first printed circuit board including a first terminal mounting passage extending through the first printed circuit board, a second terminal mounting passage, spaced from the first terminal mounting passage, and extending through the first printed circuit board, and a blade passage, located between the first and second terminal mounting passages and extending through the first printed circuit board; and a receptacle terminal having a first terminal support leg, a second terminal support leg, spaced from the first terminal support leg, and a side support arm connected between the first and second terminal support legs, with the first terminal support leg including a first foot portion mounted in the first terminal mounting passage, a first upper end spaced from the first foot portion, a first contact portion located between the first foot portion and the first upper end, and a first top guide portion located between the first upper end and the first contact portion and the second terminal support leg including a second foot portion mounted in the second terminal mounting passage, a second upper end spaced from the second foot portion, a second contact portion located between the second foot portion and the second upper end, and a second top guide portion located between the second upper end and the second contact portion, and with the first contact portion being a distance from the second contact portion that is less than a distance between the first foot portion and the second foot portion and less than a distance between the first upper end and the second upper end, and with the first and second ton guide portions tapering toward each other as the first and second too guide portions extend from the first and second upper ends toward the first and second contact portions; a second printed circuit board and a first blade mounted on and extending from the second printed circuit board, with the blade having a thickness that is greater than the distance between the first contact portion and the second contact portion, wherein an interference fit is created between the first blade and the first and second contact portions when a portion of the first blade is located between the first and second contact portions, and wherein the first blade extends from the second printed circuit board, between the first and second upper ends, and into contact with the first contact portion and the second contact portion.