Terminal fitting
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsDwaraganathan Bhagyanathan Sathianathan, Yves LePottier, Xin Wang, Eric Hepler
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Abstract
An electrical terminal fitting includes a body and a covering. The body is formed from a first material and includes a connection section and a contacting section with the contacting section having a flexible contact beam and an opposing stationary beam for receiving a male pin of a mating terminal. The covering is formed from a second material that can have a higher tensile strength than the first material and is secured to the body. The covering includes a stiffening beam and a support beam that engage the flexible contact beam providing increased normal force to the flexible contact beam.
Claims18
A terminal comprising:
- a body, the body formed along a longitudinal axis and having a connection section along an end portion of the body and a contacting section extending away from the connection section at another end portion of the body;
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- the connection section includes a wire securing portion, the wire securing portion having a pair of wing portions;
- the pair of wing portions securing a conductor portion of a lead wire, each wing portion includes a coined edge, the coined edge generally defined along the longitudinal axis, the coined edge having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion positioned at one end of the coined edge along the longitudinal axis and the second portion positioned at an opposite end of the coined edge along the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the first portion having a first height and the second portion having a second height, the first height being greater than the second height and wherein the first portion having a first thickness and the second portion having a second thickness, the first thickness being less than the second thickness.
A crimp configuration for securing a lead wire to an electrical terminal comprising:
- a wire securing portion configured to extend from a body of an electrical terminal, the wire securing portion having a pair of wing portions, each wing portion includes a coined edge, the coined edge generally defined along a longitudinal axis, the coined edge having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion positioned at one end of the coined edge along the longitudinal axis and the second portion positioned at an opposite end of the coined edge along the longitudinal axis;
- wherein the first portion having a first height and the second portion having a second height, the first height being greater than the second height and wherein the first portion having a first thickness and the second portion having a second thickness, the first thickness being less than the second thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.