Back to results
US 12,494,600 B2Granted
Terminal and a connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsYongjian (Justin) Huang, Tongbao (Tim) Ding, Wenfang (Felix) Zhang
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A terminal includes a bottom wall having a through hole, a pair of sidewalls disposed on a pair of sides of the bottom wall, and a first elastic arm extending from a first side of the through hole in a direction away from the bottom wall. The sidewalls and the first elastic arm contact a pin inserted into the through hole.
Claims11
A terminal, comprising:
- a bottom wall having a through hole;
- a crimping portion located on the bottom wall that is capable of crimping a cable;
- a pair of sidewalls disposed on a pair of sides of the bottom wall;
- a first elastic arm extending from a first side of the through hole in a direction away from the bottom wall, the sidewalls and the first elastic arm contact a pin inserted into the through hole;
- and
- a holding member extending from one of the sidewalls toward the other of the sidewalls, the holding member limits a moving distance of a movable end of the first elastic arm, a first gap is between the holding member and the movable end of the first elastic arm in a direction in which the bottom wall is coupled to the crimping portion.
3 more elements
A connector comprising:
- a housing having an accommodating cavity and a socket;
- and
- a terminal disposed in the accommodating cavity, the terminal including a bottom wall, a crimping portion located on the bottom wall that is capable of crimping a cable, a pair of sidewalls, a first elastic arm, and a holding member, the bottom wall has a through hole, the pair of sidewalls are disposed on a pair of sides of the bottom wall, the first elastic arm extends from a first side of the through hole in a direction away from the bottom wall, the holding member extends from one of the sidewalls toward the other of the sidewalls, the holding member limits a moving distance of a movable end of the first elastic arm, a first gap is between the holding member and the movable end of the first elastic arm in a direction in which the bottom wall is coupled to the crimping portion, after a pin is inserted into the socket, the pin passes through the through hole and is in contact with the pair of sidewalls and the first elastic arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.