Terminal socket, terminal pin, terminal system, and terminal assembly
AssigneeTE Connectivity India Private Limited
InventorShantraj Kottur
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Abstract
A terminal socket for an electrical terminal system configured to be mated with a terminal pin along a mating direction includes a wiring portion and an electrical contacting portion having a main body with a hollow space for receiving the mating terminal pin, wherein the main body has an external shape not showing a twofold rotational symmetry in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction, and in that the hollow space does not show a twofold rotational symmetry in said plane, or in that the main body has an external shape comprising a triangularly shaped portion, in particular triangularly shaped in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction. A terminal system uses the terminal socket and a terminal pin and a connector uses the terminal sockets in a housing.
Claims19
A terminal socket for an electrical terminal system configured to be mated with a terminal pin along a mating direction, the terminal socket comprising:
- a wiring portion and an electrical contacting portion, the electrical contacting portion including a main body with a hollow space for receiving the mating terminal pin,
- wherein the main body has an external shape having a triangularly shaped portion triangularly shaped in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction;
- wherein the external shape of the main body not showing a twofold rotational symmetry in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction, and in that the hollow space does not show a twofold rotational symmetry in said plane;
- wherein the main body is formed by bending a sheet metal, wherein the main body has a region in which a first end and a second end of the sheet metal overlap each other in a non-contact manner;
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- wherein the main body includes at least one bulge formed on an inner surface and extending into the hollow space for interface with the mating terminal pin.
A terminal system comprising:
- a terminal socket including a wiring portion and an electrical contacting portion, the electrical contacting portion including a main body with a hollow space, wherein the main body has an external shape having a triangularly shaped portion triangularly shaped in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the external shape of the main body not showing a twofold rotational symmetry in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction, and in that the hollow space does not show a twofold rotational symmetry in said plane, wherein the main body is formed by bending a sheet metal, wherein the main body has a region in which a first end and a second end of the sheet metal overlap each other in a non-contact manner, and wherein the main body includes at least one bulge formed on an inner surface and extending into the hollow space;
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- a mating terminal pin received in the hollow space and configured to be mated with the terminal socket.
A connector comprising:
- a connector housing having slots;
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- a plurality of terminal sockets received in the corresponding slots, each terminal socket including a wiring portion and an electrical contacting portion configured to be mated with a terminal pin along a mating direction, the electrical contacting portion including a main body with a hollow space for receiving the mating terminal pin, wherein the main body has an external shape having a triangularly shaped portion triangularly shaped in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the external shape of the main body not showing a twofold rotational symmetry in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction, and in that the hollow space does not show a twofold rotational symmetry in said plane, wherein the main body is formed by bending a sheet metal, wherein the main body has a region in which a first end and a second end of the sheet metal overlap each other in a non-contact manner, and wherein the main body includes at least one bulge formed on an inner surface and extending into the hollow space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.