Patent ID: 6287157
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly including a connector housing, a resilient sealing member installed in said connector housing and a terminal, said resilient sealing member having an opening through which the terminal is insertable into the connector housing in an insertion direction, the terminal being formed by cutting and bending an electrically conductive plate material and comprising:a matable connection portion having a front end and a rear end, the matable connection portion being connectable to a complementary terminal of another connector component; andan electrical wire connection portion having a front end and a rear end, the electrical wire connection portion being connectable to an electrical wire, the rear end of the matable connection portion being joined to the front end of the electrical wire connection portion and a top surface of the rear end of said matable connection portion and a top surface of the front end of said electrical wire connection portion being at different heights relative to a bottom surface of the terminal; anda guard member arranged to guide, during insertion of the terminal into and withdrawal of the terminal from said opening, a periphery of the opening between the top surface of the rear end of the matable connection portion and the top surface of the front end of the electrical wire connection portion, said guard member comprising a pair of lateral upward projections and having a top portion inclined with respect to the top surface of the rear end of the matable connection portion and the top surface of the front end of the electrical wire connection portion, thereby providing a slope between the top surface of the rear end of the matable connection portion and the top surface of the front end of the electrical wire connection portion.