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US 8,475,220 B2Granted
Power terminal
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsMichael Glick, Slobodan Pavlovic, Brantley Natter, David Menzies, Rainer Busies, Dirk Winter, Dirk Placzko
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Abstract
An electrical connector formed to have at least one or more pairs of opposing legs extending from a body portion where each leg extends to a contact point where an inner surface of each opposing leg contact. A spring clip can be positioned over one or more of the opposing legs to increase a compressive force. The spring clip may include an alignment feature to limit clip rotating and/or pitching.
Claims16
A female terminal for an electrical connector for connecting to a male blade terminal comprising:
- at least one or more pairs of opposing beams for compressing against the male blade terminal with a first compressive force, each adjoining pair of opposing beams defining a recess therebetween;
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- a clamping member positioned at least partially within each recess to apply a second compressive force to the adjoining pair of opposing beams, the second compressive force adding to the first compressive force to create a third compressive force, the clamping member having at least one alignment portion configured to facilitate positioning within the recesses;
- wherein the at least one alignment portion creates a wave-shape within the clamping member, the wave-shape having a trough extending below an outer surface of the adjoining pair of opposing beams.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- at least one or more pairs of opposing legs extending from a body portion, each leg having a substantially equal thickness and sloping inwardly relative to an outer perimeter of the body portion to a contact point where an inner surface of each opposing leg contact;
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- a spring clip attached over an outer surface of each opposing leg to increase a compressive force between opposing legs, wherein the spring clip includes a wave-shaped lance extending inwardly relative to an outer surface of adjoining pairs of opposing legs to limit spring clip rotation;
- wherein the legs extending in the same direction from a body portion, the body portion defining a cavity between opposed top and bottom sides space apart relative to opposed lateral sides, beams connecting exclusively to the top and bottom sides;
- a terminal area having top and bottom contact surfaces extending form the body portion for connection to a mating terminal;
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- wherein the top and bottom contact surfaces extend over top of each other at a right angle from the body portion defined relative to the opposing beams.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.