Male and female power terminal assembly, female and male power terminals
AssigneeAptiv Technologies AG
InventorsAbdelaaziz Elmanfalouti, Sylvain Bossuyt
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Abstract
A male and female power terminal assembly including a male terminal having a male contact portion including an outer contact surface and an inner surface, and a female terminal having a female contact portion including a sleeve and a finger made of an electrically conductive material. The outer contact surface is electrically connected to an inner surface of the sleeve. Further, the male terminal includes a connecting member made of an electrically conductive material which is placed inside a cylindrical hollow portion of the male terminal, and which interconnects the finger with the inner surface.
Claims14
A female power terminal extending parallel to a longitudinal direction, from a female connection portion to a female contact portion, the female contact portion having an end configured to first receive a male terminal, said female contact portion comprising:
- a sleeve made of an electrically conductive material, the sleeve extending up to an opening located at said end and extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
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- a finger extending parallel to the longitudinal direction inside the sleeve from a base attached to the sleeve to a free end and further extending to the opening located at said end, wherein the finger is integral with the sleeve and formed of the electrically conductive material, wherein the sleeve comprises a plurality of resilient blades extending longitudinally up to the plane.
A female power terminal extending parallel to a longitudinal direction, from a female connection portion to a female contact portion, the female contact portion having an end configured to first receive a male terminal, said female contact portion comprising:
- a sleeve made of an electrically conductive material, the sleeve extending up to an opening located at said end and extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
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- a finger extending parallel to the longitudinal direction inside the sleeve from a base attached to the sleeve to a free end and further extending to the opening located at said end, wherein the finger is integral with the sleeve and formed of the electrically conductive material, wherein the sleeve comprises a connecting member including a plurality of arcuate resilient strips.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.