Patent ID: 6024586
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A ground terminal having a terminal body which is formed with a screw insertion hole, and a plurality of leads which are formed integrally with the terminal body, the ground terminal being adapted to be bent at a boundary portion thereof between the terminal body and the plurality of leads, with the plurality of leads mounted to a printed board having a corresponding plurality of lead receiving holes, and being adapted to be fastened to a chassis of an electronic device by means of a screw which is received in the screw insertion hole, the improvement comprising:a plurality of projections formed in the terminal body around the screw insertion hole for preventing deformation of said ground terminal during screw fastening of said terminal to said chassis; andmeans for spacing lower ends of opposite side edges of the terminal body from an upper planar surface of the printed board upon complete insertion of said plurality of leads into respective ones of said plurality of lead receiving holes, thereby preventing damage to the upper planar surface of the printed board, wherein the terminal body of the ground terminal has opposite edges each having a lead-side end which obliquely extends in a direction away from a corresponding one of said plurality of leads at said boundary portion to form an obtuse angle between said lead-side end of said terminal body and said corresponding one lead, wherein an entirety of the obliquely extended opposite edges are positioned above the planar surface of the printed board.