Patent ID: 6932659
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A terminal for making electrical contact with a circuitboard having a slot and edge trace comprising: a box-shaped conductive body having a first pair of laterally spaced arms to engage a trace surface of a circuitboard; a second pair of laterally spaced arms to engage a second circuitboard surface opposite said trace surface, at least one of said second pair of arms having a detent portion integrally depending from a distal end thereof toward an arm of said first pair, such that the detent fits into said slot; said pair of first arms being spaced apart from said second pair of arms to define a circuitboard receiving volume; and a spring contact extending from at least one of the first pair of arms toward the second pair of arms and into said volume to engage said trace surface when a circuitboard is inserted into said volume between the first and second pairs of arms, wherein the body further includes integral means for receiving, gripping and making electrical contact with a wire conductor.