Electrical socket terminal
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorGheorghe Hotea
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Abstract
An electrical contact is shown including a front contact section and a wire terminating section. An outer spring surrounds the front mating contact portion and includes side walls and top wall portions including tabs which form a central polarizing rib as well as retain the outer spring portion together. The contact also includes an integral wire terminating slot section formed from side walls of the inner contact and include a wire terminating slot at for receiving the wire of a suppression device.
Claims4
An electrical terminal comprising a mating contact portion and a wire terminating rear section, and an outer spring in surrounding relation to said mating contact section, said terminal being characterized in that said outer spring is box shaped including a base wall, two sidewalls and top wall portions folded over to form a longitudinal seam, said top wall portions including at least one upstanding tab extending from opposite sides of said seam in abutting relation and fixed to each other, thereby forming a central polarizing rib.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.