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Timestamp: 2018-03-21 22:34:56
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US6390839B2 - Terminal assembly with discharge contacts and connector assembly thereof - Google Patents
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US6390839B2
US6390839B2 US09796602 US79660201A US6390839B2 US 6390839 B2 US6390839 B2 US 6390839B2 US 09796602 US09796602 US 09796602 US 79660201 A US79660201 A US 79660201A US 6390839 B2 US6390839 B2 US 6390839B2
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Takeya Miwa
The female terminal body 22 includes a contact spring 25 as a contact part, being folded back inwardly at a proximal end 25 a, at a periphery of a front end opening part thereof. When mating the female and male connectors 11, 12, the spring 25 is to be contacted with the spring 19. The spring 23, configured to protrude froward from the female terminal body 22, is disposed in the insertion hole 16c formed to the male housing 16 so as to be contacted with the tab 20 to be passed through the hole 16 c. When mating both the connectors 11, 12, the spring 23 and the tab 20 come to contact before the protrusion 19 and the spring 25 do. The spring 23 includes a base part 23 a on the terminal body 22, a first part 23 b extending diagonally outward from the base part 23 a, and a second part 23 b extending from the first part 23 a in substantially parallel with the terminal body 22. The base part 23 a and the first part 23 b have a third part 23 d bent therebetween. The first part 23 b and the second part 23 c have a fourth part 23 e bent therebetween. The second part 23 c has a distal end 23 f positioned in front of a proximal end 25 a.
The distal end 19 a of protrusion 19 is first contacted with the proximal end 25 a of contact spring 25 or the front end 22 a of female terminal body 22 in dependence on a bent state of the spring 25. The distal end 20 f of tab 20 is first contacted with the distal end 23 f of spring 23.
a first terminal comprising a contact part, configured to contact for conduction, and a discharge part; and
a second terminal comprising a contact part, configured to contact for conduction, and a discharge part;
wherein the discharge parts are configured to contact before the contact parts contact for conduction, and the discharge parts are configured to disengage after the contact parts disengage, and
wherein at least one of the discharge parts is spaced from the corresponding contact part in an insulating manner.
2. A terminal assembly comprising:
wherein the discharge part of the first terminal comprises a spring piece extending forward from a side part of the first terminal in a mating direction.
3. A terminal assembly comprising:
a first terminal having a first contact, the first terminal having a first discharge part with a second contact extending from the first terminal, the first contact being spaced from the first discharge part in an insulated manner, and the second contact being displaced from the first contact at a first displacement, S1; and
a second terminal to be mated with the first terminal for conduction, the second terminal having a third contact configured to conduct with the first contact, the second terminal having a second discharge part with a fourth contact extending from the second terminal, the fourth contact configured to conduct with the second contact, the third contact being spaced from the second discharge part in an insulated manner, and the fourth contact being displaced from the third contact at a second displacement, S2,
wherein a relationship of the first displacement S1 and the second displacement S2 is that S1+S2>0.
4. A terminal assembly comprising:
a first terminal having a first contact, the first terminal having a first discharge part with a second contact extending from the first terminal, the second contact being displaced from the first contact at a first displacement, S1; and
a second terminal to be mated with the first terminal for conduction, the second terminal having a third contact to be contacted with the first contact, the second terminal having a second discharge part with a fourth contact extending from the second terminal, the fourth contact to be contacted with the second contact, the fourth contact being displaced from the third contact at a second displacement, S2,
wherein a relationship of the first displacement, S1, and the second displacement, S2, is that S1+S2>0, and
wherein the first terminal has a protrusion including the first contact at a distal end thereof.
5. A connector assembly adapted for a terminal assembly according to claim 3, comprising:
a first connector including a first housing accommodating the first terminal; and
a second connector including a second housing to be mated with the first housing, the second housing accommodating the second terminal.
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