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US6537095B1 - Low insertion force terminal - Google Patents
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US6537095B1
US6537095B1 US09588840 US58884000A US6537095B1 US 6537095 B1 US6537095 B1 US 6537095B1 US 09588840 US09588840 US 09588840 US 58884000 A US58884000 A US 58884000A US 6537095 B1 US6537095 B1 US 6537095B1
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In order to simplify the insertion of the male terminal 3 into the male support parts 4 a, 5 a, on one side in the widthwise direction of the male terminal support parts 4 a, 5 a, a guide part 6 is formed that has a pair of opposing out-turned surfaces 4 b, 5 b separated by a gap therebetween gradually widening in the widthwise direction from the male terminal support parts 4 a, 5 a. Therefore, when the male terminal 3 is inserted into the female terminal 2, the male terminal 3 must be pressed against each out-turned surface 4 b, 5 b of this guide part 6 and inserted while widening the gap between the male terminal support parts 4 a, 5 a.
1. A low insertion force terminal comprising:
a female terminal and a male terminal, said female terminal comprising:
a bottom sized and shaped for soldering the female terminal to a conductor; and
a pair of opposing upright parts extending from said bottom in a cantilever beam shape and terminating in distal ends which are laterally spaced apart from one another and at equal height from the bottom; and wherein
one of said opposing upright parts has an extended part which projects in a widthwise direction at one of the distal ends corresponding to said one of said upright parts, the extended part extending in said widthwise direction from said one of said upright parts to beyond a distal end part of another of said upright parts, and
said opposing upright parts define a male terminal support part that holds and supports the male terminal when the male terminal is mated to the female terminal, the male terminal support part being located at a position in proximity to said extended part of said pair of upright parts.
2. The low insertion force terminal according to claim 1 wherein said extended part is formed so as to be capable of being pressed by said male terminal during insertion of the male terminal, a contact surface of said one upright part which extends widthwise relative to said one upright part from said extended part to said male terminal support part and which contacts the male terminal being flattened substantially concurrently with the extended part being pressed by the male terminal during insertion of the male terminal.
a male terminal; and
a female terminal shaped for receiving the male terminal, the female terminal comprising;
a base section for connecting the female terminal to a conductor;
a pair of spaced apart cantilevered parts depending from the base section, the pair of cantilevered parts forming a male terminal support section for holding the male terminal when the male terminal is mated to the female terminal, the support section having an axis of insertion of the male terminal into the male terminal support section, wherein
a first of the cantilevered parts has a male terminal engagement tab projecting transversely relative to the first cantilevered part from the male terminal support section, the tab being disposed at a distal end of the male terminal support section at an equal height and opposite from another distal end of a second of the cantilevered parts, the tab engaging the male terminal during insertion of the male terminal when the male terminal is moved during insertion in a direction substantially transverse to the axis of insertion such that interaction of said tab and said male terminal increase the distance between said spaced apart cantilevered parts.
5. A low insertion force terminal according to claim 4, wherein the second of the cantilevered parts has a pair of inwardly curved parts at the male terminal support section.
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JP11-161632 1999-06-08
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