Terminal
AssigneeI-PEX Inc.
InventorSeimu KAMADA
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Abstract
A receptacle terminal (1A) is formed of a conductive material and configured to mate with a plug terminal. The receptacle terminal (1A) includes a frame portion (30) that has an insertion opening (30a) through which a plug contact portion of the plug terminal is inserted and removed, and a first contact piece (31) and a second contact piece (32) that each have one end connected to the frame portion (30), extend from the one end in an insertion direction of the plug contact portion included in an insertion and removal direction of the plug contact portion with respect to the insertion opening (30a), and come in contact with the plug contact portion at a contact between the one end and the other end. The frame portion (30) is formed of a continuous member with no cuts along an edge of the insertion opening (30a).
Claims8
A terminal formed of a conductive material and configured to mate with a mating terminal, the terminal comprising:
- a frame portion having an insertion opening through which a mating contact piece of the mating terminal is inserted and removed;
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- contact pieces each having one end connected to the frame portion and extending from the one end in an insertion direction of the mating contact piece included in an insertion and removal direction of the mating contact piece with respect to the insertion opening, each of the contact pieces being configured to come into contact with the mating contact piece at a contact between the one end and the other end, wherein
- the frame portion is formed of a continuous member with no cut along an edge of the insertion opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.