Patent ID: 6364691
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminated flat conductor comprising:a flat conductor having a conductive path disposed in an insulation layer; and a terminal fitting comprising: an elongate base plate defining opposite front and rear ends and a longitudinal direction extending between the ends; an elongate pressing plate defining opposite front and rear ends and a longitudinal direction extending between the ends, the front end of the pressing plate being hinged adjacent the front end of the base plate for rotation about an axis aligned perpendicular to the longitudinal directions of the base plate and the pressing plate, the pressing plate being rotatable about the axis between a first position where the pressing plate is spaced from the base plate to a second position where the pressing plate is confronting the base plate; contact blades projecting from opposite sides of said base plate and aligned substantially parallel to the longitudinal directions of the base plate and the pressing plate and substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the pressing plate relative to the base plate; a bent piercing piece formed at the rear end of said pressing plate and being bent toward the base plate for piercing into at least one of the conductive path and the insulation layer, the piercing piece defining a plane extending substantially parallel to the axis of rotation and aligned substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the pressing plate, the piercing piece being disposed to lie rearwardly beyond the rear end of the base plate when the pressing plate is confronting the base plate; and wherein said base plate and said pressing plate are sandwiching upper and lower surfaces of a disposing position of said conductive path, such that at least one of said base plate and said pressing plate contacts said conductive path.