Electric connector and terminal included in the same
AssigneeDai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
InventorJunji Osaka
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Abstract
There is provided a terminal made of a single metal sheet, the terminal including a support unit in which a core wire of a cable is sandwiched, the support unit including a first portion extensive in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which an axis of the core wire extends, and a second portion spaced away from the first portion, and extensive in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the axis of the core wire extends, the first and second portions being connected at an end thereof to each other, the first and second portions being formed with a slit thereover, a center line of the slit existing in the first portion and a center line of the slit existing in the second portion deviating from each other when viewed in a direction in which the axis of the core wire extends.
Claims11
A terminal made of a single metal sheet, said terminal comprising a support unit in which a core wire of a cable is sandwiched, said support unit including:
- a first portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said core wire;
- a second portion spaced apart from said first portion, and extending in the direction perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said core wire, and
- a third portion connecting said first portion and said second portion to each other, said third portion being laterally inclined relative to said longitudinal axis of said core wire,
- wherein said first portion and said second portion are connected at an end thereof to each other,
- wherein each of said first portion and said second portion has a slit formed therethrough,
- wherein a center line of said slit of said first portion and a center line of said slit of said second portion are offset from each other when viewed in a direction of said longitudinal axis of said core wire,
- wherein a position of said slit in said first portion relative to said first portion and a position of said slit in said second portion relative to said second portion are identical with each other, and said first portion and said second portion are offset from each other when viewed in the direction of said longitudinal axis of said core wire.
An electric connector comprising:
- a first terminal made of a single metal sheet and including a support unit in which a core wire of a cable is sandwiched, said support unit including:
- a first portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said core wire;
- and
- a second portion spaced apart from said first portion, and extending in the direction perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said core wire,
- wherein said first portion and said second portion are connected at an end thereof to each other,
- wherein each of said first portion and said second portion has a slit formed therethrough, and
- wherein a center line of said slit of said first portion and a center line of said slit of said second portion are offset from each other when viewed in a direction of said longitudinal axis of said core wire;
- and
- a housing including a second support and a third support,
- wherein said second support and said third support are spaced apart from each other in a direction of said longitudinal axis of said core wire, and
- wherein said second support said cable at a first side of said cable and said third support said cable at a second side of said cable in the direction perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of said core wire;
- an external electrical conductor surrounding an internal insulative cover is exposed in line with the second support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.