Dual thickness blade type electrical terminal

In a stamped and formed metal electrical terminal which includes a male contact blade at one end for being received in a complementary female contact member, a conductor terminating portion at an opposite end, and an intermediate section between the male contact blade and the conductor terminating portion, wherein the improvement comprises said male contact blade including a pair of juxtaposed flat blade portions each having transversely aligned notches in adjacent edges thereof and being interconnected directly to the intermediate section by a respective connecting wall to establish direct electrical conductivity between the blade portions and the intermediate section and, including at least one tab extending from within the notch of at least one flat blade portion into the notch of the other flat blade portion and bent over an opposite side of the other flat blade portion to prevent the blade portions from separating, said notches being only slightly wider, longitudinally of the terminal, than the tab to prevent the blade portions from sliding relative to each other, and said notches being of respective depths at least equal to the thickness of the tab so that the tab does not project beyond the edges of the blade portions.

In a stamped and formed metal electrical terminal which includes a male contact blade at one end for being received in a complementary female contact member, a conductor terminating portion at an opposite end, and an intermediate section between the male contact blade and the conductor terminating portion, wherein the improvement comprises said male contact blade including a pair of juxtaposed flat blade portions each interconnected directly to the intermediate section by a respective connecting wall to establish direct electrical continuity between the blade portions and the intermediate section and, including at least one tab extending from opposite edges of said flat blade portions and bent over the respective opposite flat blade portion to prevent the blade portions from separating.

In a stamped and formed metal electrical terminal which includes a male contact blade at one end for being received in a complementary female contact member, and a conductor terminating portion at an opposite end of the terminal, wherein the improvement comprises said male contact blade including a pair of juxtaposed flat blade portions, and at least one tab extending from an edge of at least one flat blade portion and bent over the other flat blade portion to prevent the blade portions from separating.

In a stamped and formed metal electrical terminal which includes a male contact blade at one end for being received in a complementary female contact member, and a conductor terminating portion at an opposite end of the terminal, wherein the improvement comprises said male contact blade including a pair of juxtaposed flat blade portions, the flat blade portions being in an initially mutually outwardly bowed configuration relative to each other, and including means for clamping the flat blade portions into flat juxtaposition against each other, whereby the initial bowed configuration prestresses the blade portions.