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US 5,634,825 AGranted
Electrical terminal
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorToshihiro Maki
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Abstract
An electrical terminal to be inserted into a terminal receiving chamber of a connector housing is provided. The terminal includes a terminal body which can be provided by folding a conductive metal plate and a protective cover made of synthetic insulating material to cover the terminal body. The protective cover is provided on a rear side thereof with a flexible engagement piece having an engagement projection by which the terminal can be engaged in the connector housing.
Claims6
An electrical terminal to be inserted into a terminal receiving chamber of a connector housing, said electrical terminal comprising:
- a terminal body provided by folding a conductive metal plate,
- a protective cover arranged to cover said terminal body, said protective cover being made of insulating material and having one opening end through which said terminal body is to be inserted, and
- at least one flexible engagement piece defined by two parallel slits which are formed on said protective cover to terminate at said one opening end of said protective cover, said one flexible engagement piece having an engagement projection by which said electrical terminal can be engaged in said connector housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.