Female terminal fitting
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsYukinori Saka, Koji Okutani
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Abstract
The invention provides a miniaturized female terminal fitting. A female terminal fitting 10 has resilient contacts 16 within a cover 20. When a male tab 30 is inserted into the cover 20, the resilient contacts 16 bend outwards as they make contact therewith. Side walls 21 have recessed members 25 formed therein, the resilient contacts 16 being capable of entering these recessed members 25. Due to these recessed members 25, at least a portion of the bending space for the resilient contacts 16 is provided within the wall thickness of the side walls 21 of the cover 20. Consequently, the side walls 21 can be positioned further inwards by a distance corresponding to the dimensions gained by locating the bending space within the side walls 21.
Claims20
A female terminal fitting comprising a body and a separate cover, said body including a first electrical contact formed of a resilient, conducting material and positioned to engage a male terminal fitting upon insertion of the male terminal fitting in said cover, said first electrical contact bending outward toward a peripheral wall of said cover upon engaging the male terminal fitting, said cover enclosing at least a portion of said body and defining a first recess in said peripheral wall, said first electrical contact including a free end that is substantially parallel to said peripheral wall, said first recess receiving at least said free end to accommodate the outward bending of said first electrical contact.
A female terminal fitting comprising a body and a separate cover, said body including a first electrical contact formed of a resilient, conducting material and positioned to engage a male terminal fitting upon insertion of the male terminal fitting in said cover, said first electrical contact bending outward toward a peripheral wall of said cover upon engaging the male terminal fitting, said cover enclosing at least a portion of said body and defining a first recess in said peripheral wall, said first recess receiving said first electrical contact to accommodate the outward bending of said first electrical contact, and said first electrical contact including a first free end located proximal a portion of said cover where the male terminal fitting is inserted, said portion of said cover separating said first free end from said male terminal fitting to prevent the male terminal fitting from contacting said first free end.
A female terminal fitting comprising a body and a separate cover, said body including a first electrical contact formed of a resilient, conducting material and positioned to engage a male terminal fitting upon insertion of the male terminal fitting in said cover, said first electrical contact bending outward toward a peripheral wall of said cover upon engaging the male terminal fitting, said cover enclosing at least a portion of said body and defining a first recess in said peripheral wall, said first recess receiving said first electrical contact to accommodate the outward bending of said first electrical contact, and said first electrical contact including a first slit that extends along at least a portion of a longitudinal length of said first electrical contact, said first slit receiving an edge of the male terminal fitting upon insertion of the male terminal fitting and guiding the male terminal fitting into the female terminal fitting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.