Patent ID: 6524143
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A crimpable female electrical terminal comprising:an electrically conductive tubular body including a bottom wall, an upper wall spaced above said bottom wall, and two side walls spaced laterally from each other and respectively extending between said bottom wall and said upper wall, wherein a terminal cavity is formed within said tubular body between said bottom wall, said upper wall and said side walls, wherein said tubular body extends in a longitudinal direction from a front end of said tubular body defined by front edges of said side walls, said bottom wall and said upper wall to a rear end of said tubular body defined by rear edges of said side walls and said upper wall, wherein said tubular body has rigidity from said front end to said rear end, wherein a respective notch is provided in each one of said rear edges of said side walls such that each said notch extends from a respective one of said rear edges in said longitudinal direction toward said front end so as to divide a respective rear portion of each respective one of said side walls into an upper side wall portion between said notch and said upper wall and a lower side wall portion between said notch and said bottom wall; an electrically conductive spring contact element integrally extending from said front end of said tubular body into said terminal cavity in said longitudinal direction toward said rear end of said tubular body; an electrically conductive neck including a bottom neck wall integrally extending in said longitudinal direction from said bottom wall at said rear end of said tubular body, and two side neck walls integrally extending in said longitudinal direction from said lower side wall portions at said rear end of said tubular body, wherein said side neck walls and said bottom neck wall together form a U-shape on a section plane perpendicular to said longitudinal direction; and an electrically conductive crimpable connection barrel including a bottom barrel wall integrally extending from said bottom neck wall in said longitudinal direction away from said tubular body, and crimpable retainers respectively integrally extending from said side neck walls in said longitudinal direction away from said tubular body, wherein said bottom barrel wall and said crimpable retainers together form a U-shape on a section plane perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, and wherein said crimpable retainers extend farther away from said bottom barrel wall to respective upper retainer edges of said crimpable retainers than said side neck walls extend away from said bottom neck wall to respective upper neck edges of said side neck walls.