Press-contacting terminal for a flat cable
AssigneesAutonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorYasushi Saitoh
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Abstract
A press-contacting terminal for a flat cable includes a press-contacting portion having a pair of press-contacting blades opposed to each other with a slot formed therebetween. Blade portions for cutting a sheath of the flat cable in a direction of a width of the cable are formed respectively at inner and outer edges of each of the two press-contacting blades so that a centering operation can be positively effected when the misalignment of the center of the conductor relative to the press-contacting portion occurs.
Claims4
A press-contacting terminal for a flat cable, comprising a press-contacting portion,
- wherein the press-contacting portion includes a pair of press-contacting blades opposed to each other and arranged in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the flat cable with a slot formed therebetween,
- wherein a conductor of the flat cable is pushable into the slot so as to be connected to the pair of press-contacting blades in press-contacted relation thereto, and
- wherein the pair of press-contacting blades includes inner and outer blade portions for cutting a sheath during a press-contacting operation of the flat cable, the inner and outer blade portions being formed on inner and outer edges of each of the press-contacting blades respectively, the inner blade portion cutting toward the conductor and the outer blade portion cutting away from the conductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.