Male side terminal fitting
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring System, Ltd.
InventorsSatomi Seko, Masamitsu Chishima
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Abstract
A male terminal fitting 20 is formed by bending, for example, copper alloy metal plate, and comprises, in a unified manner, a barrel member 30, a contact protrusion 40 for insertion into a female terminal fitting, and a tubular member 50 located between these. The terminal fitting comprises an overlapping plate 53 that overlaps with a roof wall 52 of the tubular member 50, a strengthening plate 54 extending in a unified manner from the anterior end of the overlapping plate 53 entering into the root portion of the contact protrusion 40. As a result, the strength of the contact protrusion 40 is increased and change of shape thereof due to an external force is prevented.
Claims9
A male terminal fitting formed entirely of sheet metal, the terminal having a body and a contact protrusion extending therefrom, a strengthening member protruding also from said body and extending along the root of said contact protrusion, said root having a generally `U` shaped portion and said strengthening member extending within said `U` shaped portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.