Terminal retaining structure for connector
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorHideki Ohsumi
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Abstract
In a terminal receiving chamber made of a connector housing of synthetic resin, a metal terminal is retained by a flexible holding strip disposed in the connector housing, a retaining portion of the metal terminal abutting against a retaining projection of the flexible holding strip includes an end part of a laminated plate portion formed by folding a rolling thin plate portion.
Claims5
A connector comprising:
- a connector housing;
- a terminal receiving chamber provided in the connector housing;
- a flexible holding strip provided in the terminal receiving chamber, the flexible holding strip having a retaining projection;
- a metal terminal retainable in the terminal receiving chamber by the flexible holding strip, the metal terminal comprising a top plate portion, said top plate portion having a laminated plate portion, said laminated plate portion extending away from the metal terminal in a direction opposite an insertion direction of the metal terminal;
- said laminated plate portion consisting of a thin rolled plate folded onto itself with its folded edge abutting against the retaining projection when the metal terminal is retained in the terminal receiving chamber.
A metal terminal for insertion and retention in a terminal receiving chamber of a connector housing, of the type in which said terminal receiving chamber has a flexible holding strip with a retaining projection, said metal terminal comprising:
- a top plate portion having a laminated plate portion extending in a direction opposite an insertion direction of said metal terminal;
- said laminated plate portion consisting of a thin rolled plate folded onto itself such that its folded edge will abut said retaining projection when said metal terminal is retained in said terminal receiving chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.