# US 10,770,820 B2 · Conductive terminal and connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,770,820 B2 - Document ID: US10770820B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/364,369 - Filed: 2019-03-26 - Published: 2019-09-26 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-26 - Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.; TE Connectivity India Private Limited - Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; TE Connectivity India Private Limited - Inventors: Yongjian Huang; Tongbao Ding; Sheng Li; P.K. Senthil Kumar - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770820B2 ## CPC - H01R 13/4223: {comprising integral flexible contact retaining fingers} - H01R 4/242: the contact members being plates having a single slot - H01R 4/48: utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member (H01R4/52 takes precedence) - H01R 4/4823: {Multiblade spring} - H01R 12/515: {Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables} - H01R 13/05: Resilient pins or blades (carrying separate resilient parts H01R13/15) - H01R 13/11: Resilient sockets (carrying separate resilient parts H01R13/15) - H01R 13/2442: {with a single cantilevered beam} - H01R 13/504: different pieces being moulded, cemented, welded, e.g. ultrasonic welding, or swaged together - H01R 4/2425: Flat plates, e.g. multi-layered flat plates - H01R 4/2462: the contact members being in a slotted bent configuration, e.g. slotted bight - H01R 4/2466: the contact members having a channel-shaped part, the opposite sidewalls of which comprise insulation-cutting means - H01R 4/26: Connections in which at least one of the connecting parts has projections which bite into or engage the other connecting part in order to improve the contact ({H01R4/188, H01R4/203, H01R4/5075 take precedence}; using shape memory materials H01R4/01) - H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS ## Abstract A conductive terminal comprises a body and a pair of first elastic cantilevers adapted to clamp a first conductor. The pair of first elastic cantilevers are connected to the body and accommodated within a first accommodation chamber formed in the body. Each first elastic cantilever or the body has a first elastic support structure. A free end of each first elastic cantilever is elastically supported on an inner wall of the first accommodation chamber by the first elastic support structure when the first conductor is clamped between the pair of first elastic cantilevers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A conductive terminal, comprising: a body; and a pair of first elastic cantilevers adapted to clamp a first conductor, the pair of first elastic cantilevers are connected to the body and accommodated within a first accommodation chamber formed in the body, the body has a first elastic support structure, a free end of each first elastic cantilever is elastically supported on an inner wall of the first accommodation chamber by the first elastic support structure when the first conductor is clamped between the pair of first elastic cantilevers, wherein the first elastic support structure includes a first protrusion disposed on the inner wall of the first accommodation chamber and a first aperture formed through and surrounded by the body, and wherein the first aperture is disposed adjacent the first protrusion so that the first protrusion is elastically deformable under compression into the first aperture. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The conductive terminal of claim 1, wherein the free end of each first elastic cantilever is elastically supported on the first protrusion when the first conductor is clamped between the pair of first elastic cantilevers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The conductive terminal of claim 2, further comprising a pair of second elastic cantilevers adapted to clamp a second conductor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The conductive terminal of claim 3, wherein the pair of first elastic cantilevers and the pair of second elastic cantilevers are identical to each other and symmetrically arranged on the conductive terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The conductive terminal of claim 3, wherein the pair of second elastic cantilevers are connected to the body and accommodated within a second accommodation chamber formed in the body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The conductive terminal of claim 5, wherein the second conductor has a diameter less than a diameter of the first conductor and a free end of each second elastic cantilever is not in contact with an inner wall of the second accommodation chamber when the second conductor is clamped between the pair of second elastic cantilevers. ### Claim 7 A conductive terminal, comprising: a body; and a pair of first elastic cantilevers adapted to clamp a first conductor, the pair of first elastic cantilevers are connected to the body and accommodated within a first accommodation chamber formed in the body, each first elastic cantilever or the body has a first elastic support structure, a free end of each first elastic cantilever is elastically supported on an inner wall of the first accommodation chamber by the first elastic support structure when the first conductor is clamped between the pair of first elastic cantilevers, wherein the first elastic support structure includes a first hook portion disposed on the free end of each first elastic cantilever, the first hook portion defining at least one surface which at least partially opposes a surface of the first elastic cantilever and being elastically deformable with respect to a remainder of each respective first elastic cantilever in response to the first conductor being clamped between the pair of first elastic cantilevers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The conductive terminal of claim 7, wherein the inner wall of the first accommodation chamber has a first arc protrusion facing an end surface of the free end of each first elastic cantilever. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The conductive terminal of claim 8, further comprising a pair of second elastic cantilevers adapted to clamp a second conductor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The conductive terminal of claim 9, wherein the pair of first elastic cantilevers and the pair of second elastic cantilevers are identical to each other and symmetrically arranged on the conductive terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The conductive terminal of claim 9, wherein the pair of second elastic cantilevers are connected to the body and accommodated within a second accommodation chamber formed in the body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The conductive terminal of claim 11, wherein each second elastic cantilever has a second elastic support structure, a free end of each second elastic cantilever is elastically supported on an inner wall of the second accommodation chamber by the second elastic support structure when the second conductor is clamped between the pair of second elastic cantilevers. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The conductive terminal of claim 12, wherein the second elastic support structure includes a second hook portion formed on the free end of each second elastic cantilever. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The conductive terminal of claim 13, wherein the inner wall of the second accommodation chamber has a second arc protrusion facing an end surface of the free end of each second elastic cantilever.