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US 2014/0227915 A1Published application
Female electric terminal with gap between terminal beams
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsMichael Glick, Slobodan Pavlovic, David Menzies, Brantley Natter
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Abstract
A female electric terminal assembly includes a body, a first beam extending from the body, and a second beam extending from the body. A channel is defined between the first beam and the second beam. A clamp is attached to the body and applies a force to bias the first beam and the second beam into the channel. A gap is maintained between the first beam and the second beam.
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A female electric terminal assembly comprising:
- a terminal base including a body, a first beam extending from the body, and a second beam extending from the body to define a channel between the first beam and the second beam;
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- a clamp attached to the terminal base and applying a force to bias the first beam into the channel and applying a force to bias the second beam into the channel;
- wherein a gap is maintained between the first beam and the second beam.
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A female electric terminal assembly comprising:
- a terminal base including a body, a first beam that extends from the body to a first beam end, and a second beam that extends from the body to a second beam end to define a channel between the first beam and the second beam;
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- a clamp that biases the first beam and the second beam in an inward direction into the channel;
- wherein the first beam extends from the first beam end in the inward direction to a contact area, the contact area being the portion of the first beam that is closest to the second beam, and the first beam extends from the contact area in an outward direction to the body, wherein the first beam does not contact the second beam at the contact area.
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A female electric terminal assembly comprising:
- a terminal base made of a first electrically-conductive material, the terminal base including a body, a first beam extending from the body and a second beam extending from the body to define a channel between the first beam and the second beam, wherein the first beam and the second beam extend from the body in an inward direction to respective contact areas, and extend from the contact areas in an outward direction that is opposite the inward direction to respective beam ends;
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- a clamp made of a second electrically-conductive material that is a different material than the first electrically-conductive material, the clamp attached to the terminal base and applying a force to bias the first beam into the channel and applying a force to bias the second beam into the channel;
- wherein the first beam and the second beam are in respective rest positions relative to the body before the clamp is attached to the terminal base and are separated by a rest width;
- wherein the first beam and the second beam are in respective clamped positions relative to the body when the clamp is attached to the terminal base and are separated by a clamped width that is less than the rest width;
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- wherein a gap is maintained between the first beam and the second beam.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.