Terminal structure and female terminal
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorTomoya Itou
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Abstract
A male terminal (10) includes a tab (11) extending in a front-rear direction. A female terminal (60) includes a base (64) in the form of a flat plate extending in the front-rear direction, a contact piece (67) rising from one side of the base (64) and further curved so that a tip faces the base (64), and an opening (69) opens between the tip of the contact piece (67) and the base (64) on a side facing a rising part of the contact piece (67). The tab (11) includes a part configured to be sandwiched resiliently between the base (64) and the contact piece (67) and contacts a leading end edge of the contact piece (67) along the front-rear direction when the male and female terminals (10, 60) are connected and a part projecting laterally outwardly through the opening (69).
Claims10
A terminal structure with a male terminal (10) and a female terminal (60) to be connected to each other, wherein:
- the male terminal (10) includes a tab (11) substantially extending in a front-rear direction (LOD);
- the female terminal (60) includes a base (64) substantially in the form of a flat plate extending in the front-rear direction (LOD), a contact piece (67) rising from one side of the base (64) and curved so that a tip substantially faces the base (64), and an opening (69) between the tip of the contact piece (67) and the base (64) on a side substantially facing a rising part of the contact piece (67);
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- the tab (11) includes a part configured to be sandwiched resiliently between the base (64) and the contact piece (67) and contact a leading end of the contact piece portion (67) along the front-rear direction (LOD) when the male and female terminals (10, 60) are connected and a part projecting laterally outwardly through the opening (69).
A female terminal (60) connectable with a male terminal (10) including a tab (11), wherein the female terminal (60) comprises:
- a base (64) substantially in the form of a flat plate extending in a front-rear direction (LOD),
- a contact piece (67) rising from one side edge of the base (64) and further curved such that a tip is arranged to substantially face the base (64), and
- an opening (69) between the tip of the contact piece (67) and the base (64) on a side substantially facing a rising part of the contact piece (67);
- wherein the female terminal (60) is configured to sandwich a part of the tab (11) resiliently between the base (64) and the contact piece (67) and a leading end edge of the contact piece (67) along the front-rear direction (LOD) contacts the tab (11), and a part of the tab (11) projects laterally out through the opening (69), when the female terminal (60) is connected to the male terminal (10).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.