Patent ID: 7387550
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical terminal comprising: a body portion comprising a lower wall, an upper wall, and side walls connecting the upper and lower walls, said upper and lower walls and said side walls forming a body interior portion; a first contact portion extending from one of said walls and being reversely bent into the body interior portion; a second contact portion extending from said one wall, and being reversely bent into the body interior portion, said first and second contact portions extending in opposite and overlapping relation; an arcuate contact portion, positioned intermediate the first and second contact portions, and profiled to allow the first and second contact portions to pivot around the arcuate contact portion, upon deflection of the first and second contact portions; and at least one indentation extending into the body interior portion, and extending from a wall transverse to the one said wall, said indention providing a stop position for said first contact portion.