US 6,267,618 B1 · Terminal fitting for flat conductor

Abstract

A terminal fitting (20) has a base plate (22) and a pressing plate (30) confronting the base plate (22). A side wall (23) is formed on one side edge of the base plate (22). A contact blade (25A) is projected on an upper edge (23A) of the side wall (23) such that the contact blade (25A) is widthwise flush with the side wall (23). A contact blade (25B) is erected on the other side edge of the base plate (22) such that the contact blade (25A) and the contact blade (25B) have the same height. On the bottom portion of the base plate (22), a raised part (27) is formed for a disposing position of each contact blade (25A) by folding the other side edge of the base plate (22). The height of the upper surface of the raised part (27) is a little larger than that of the upper edge (23A) of the side wall (23). Before the FFC (10) is caught by the upper edge (23A) of the side wall (23) of the base plate 22, the contact blades (25A) and (25B) are pierced into the conductive path (11), with the FFC (10) being sandwiched between the raised part (27) and the pressing plate (30). It is possible to avoid generation of a flank between the base plate (22) and the pressing plate (30) and thus prevent the FFC (10) from escaping thereto. Thus, it is possible to allow a cut surface (11A) of the conductive path (11) to confront the surfaces of the contact blades (25A) and (25B) properly and obtain a preferable contact state.

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Dependent claims

A terminal fitting connected to a terminal of a flat conductor (10), the flat conductor (10) having a conductive path (11) embedded in an insulation layer (12), comprising:

a base plate (22);
a pressing plate (30) confronting said base plate (22);
a side wall (23) erected on a side edge of said base plate (22);
and
at least one contact blade (25A) projected on an upper edge (23A) of said side wall (23), such that said contact blade (25A) is widthwise flush with said side wall (23),
wherein said contact blade (25) is pierced into said conductive path (11), with said flat conductor (10) being sandwiched between said base plate (22) and said pressing plate (30) to connect said terminal fitting to said terminal of said flat conductor (10);
and
a support (27) erected on a bottom portion of said base plate (22) such that a height of said support (27) is at least equal to a height of the upper edge (23A) of said side wall (23).

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A terminal fitting for a flat conductor (10), said terminal fitting comprising:

an elongate base plate (22) having opposed front and rear ends, opposed first and second longitudinal sides extending between said front and rear ends, a top surface and a bottom surface, a side wall (23) extending upwardly from said first longitudinal side of said base plate (22), at least one first contact blade (25A) extending upwardly from said side wall (23), said first contact blade (25A), having an upper end disposed above the upper surface of the base plate (22) by a selected distance, a support (27) extending unitarily from the second longitudinal side of the base plate (22) and being folded substantially into face-to-face contact with the upper surface of the base plate (22), at least one second contact blade (25B) projecting unitarily upwardly from the second side edge of the base plate (22) at a location spaced from the support (27), the second contact blade (25b) having an upper end spaced from the upper surface of the base plate (22) by the selected distance;
and
an elongate pressing plate (30) having a front end pivotally connected in proximity to the front end of the base plate (22), the pressing plate (30) further having a rear end selectively movable toward and away from the rear end of the base plate (22) in response to pivoting of the pressing plate (30).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Terminal fitting for flat conductor

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Terminal fitting for flat conductor

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Abstract

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