JPH09259963A - Female terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a female terminal having its structure capable of facilitating manufacture of the female terminal with sleeve having an electrical connection portion following the electric contact part against a counterpart terminal. SOLUTION: This terminal is made of a terminal main body 1 serially provided with a sleeve 7 and a cylindrical elastic contact 2 to be inserted into the sleeve 7. Here, the sleeve 7 has a thin thickness part at its front end, and a single lifted beam-shaped spring piece 11 and a beam-shaped spring piece 12 are formed in the circumferential direction for the cylindrical elastic contact 2, the single lifted beam-shaped spring piece 12 is curved 11a inside the cylinder, a rear free end 11b is positioned in that cylindrical space, and the front end of the cylindrical elastic contact 2 is fixed at an insertion guide part formed by returning back of the thin thickness part 7a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a female terminal with a sleeve, which contacts a round pin to form a pin socket.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional female terminal with a sleeve, for example, those shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 have been proposed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-291874). In FIG. 5, the female terminal 20 has an outer tubular body 21 and an inner tubular body 22 inserted from a rear end opening (right end in FIG. 5), and has an electrical contact portion for a mating round pin. A plurality of both end fixed conductor pieces 24 and one end fixed conductor piece 25 are formed in the inner tubular body 22 in the circumferential direction, and the rear free end 26 of the one end fixed conductor piece 25 is the inner surface of the outer tubular body 21. It comes in contact with and slides on.

As shown in FIG. 6A, the female terminal 20 is manufactured by using a metal plate (22 ') made of a copper alloy such as beryllium copper.
A plurality of conductor pieces 25a 'fixed at one end and fixed at both ends alternately
.About.25c ', 24a' to 24c 'are punched out substantially in parallel, and the punched conductor pieces 25a' to 25c ', 2
4a 'to 24c' are bent into a substantially V shape and a substantially U shape, and the whole is rounded to form a cylindrical body 22 ', and the outer cylindrical body 21 is inserted into the outer periphery thereof, and the conductor is bent into the substantially V shape. This is done by bringing the free ends 26 of the pieces 25a 'to 25c' into contact with the outer tubular body 21.

Prior to inserting the tubular body 22 'into the outer tubular body 21, a conductor piece 25a' fixed to one end of the tubular body 22 '.
As shown in FIG. 5, 25c 'is preferably bent by a predetermined amount outward from the circle formed by the tubular body 22' and preloaded. Then, after inserting into the outer tubular body 21, the tip of the outer tubular body 21 (the left end in FIG. 5) is bent to wrap and fix the tip portion of the inner tubular body 22 and the insertion guide portion for the counterpart pin. 23 is formed.

[0005]

In the conventional method of manufacturing the female terminal 20, the free end 26 of the one-end fixed conductor pieces 25a 'to 25c' is securely contacted with the outer tubular body 21.
It is necessary to have a structure in which the
The inner tubular body 22 is replaced by the outer tubular body 21 as indicated by arrow Q.
Must be inserted from the rear end. Therefore, for the female terminal of the type in which the electric wire connecting portion is continuously provided at the rear end of the electric contact portion (internal cylindrical body) for the round pin, the female terminal 2 is used.
No. 0 structure and manufacturing method are difficult to apply, and bending is difficult because the tip of the outer cylindrical body is thick.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a female terminal having a structure that facilitates the manufacture of a female terminal with a sleeve having an electric contact portion for a counterpart terminal and an electric wire connecting portion. The task is to do.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a female terminal according to the present invention has a terminal main body having a sleeve connected to an electric wire connecting portion as described in claim 1, and the sleeve. A cylindrical elastic contactor inserted in the sleeve, the sleeve having a thin portion at the front end, and the cylindrical elastic contactor is a cantilevered spring piece and a doubly supported beam in the circumferential direction. And a cantilevered spring piece curved inside the cylinder and having a rear free end located in the cylindrical space and a front end of the cylindrical elastic contact. It is characterized in that it is fixed by an insertion guide portion formed by folding back the thin portion. It is preferable that the thin portion of the sleeve is provided with a plurality of lightening portions at appropriate intervals (claim 2).

According to the invention of claim 1, since the free end of the cantilever-shaped spring piece of the cylindrical elastic contact is located in the cylindrical space, the free end side, that is, the front end of the sleeve. It is possible to insert the elastic contactor into the inside from the opening side, and it is possible to manufacture a female terminal with a sleeve having an electric wire connecting portion. Further, since the front end of the sleeve is formed as a thin wall portion, the bending work can be facilitated. Further, by providing the thinned portion in the thin wall portion, the bending work can be further facilitated.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3, A is a female terminal, which includes a terminal body 1 and a cylindrical elastic contactor 2 which is a separate component. The terminal body 1 is made of a normal conductive metal plate mainly made of copper alloy such as copper and brass, and the elastic contact 2 is made of a conductive metal plate mainly made of copper alloy such as phosphor bronze and beryllium copper and having a strong spring property. .

The terminal body 1 has a wire connecting portion 3 having a pair of conductor crimping pieces 4 and 4 and insulator crimping pieces 5 and 5 which face each other.
Has a structure in which a large-diameter sleeve 7 is connected via a small-diameter neck portion 6 and is formed by punching and bending the above-mentioned usual conductive metal plate. The front end opening portion of the sleeve 7 is a thin portion 7
a.

As described above, the cylindrical elastic contactor 2 constitutes an electric contact portion for the mating round pin, and has a cantilever-shaped spring piece 11 and a doubly-supported beam-like shape in its circumferential direction. Spring pieces 12 are formed, and each spring piece 11, 12 is formed.
The central portion of the is curved to the inner side of the cylinder in which the elastic contactor 2 partitions the space. The cantilever-shaped spring piece 12 is shallowly curved, and the cantilever-shaped spring piece 11 is deeply curved. The curved top 11a of the cantilever spring piece 11 is close to the axis P of the elastic contactor 2, and the rear half of the curved top 11a is gradually separated from the axis P, but its rear free end 11b is of the cylinder. It is formed so as to be located inside. Then, the thin portion 7a of the sleeve 7 is folded back so as to wrap around the front end portion of the elastic contactor 2, and the folded back portion fixes the elastic contactor 2 and forms an insertion guide portion 8 for a mating round pin (not shown). are doing. In the illustrated example, the cantilevered spring pieces 12 are formed so as to face each other on both sides in the circumferential direction of the elastic contactor 2, and one cantilevered spring piece 11 is formed therebetween. However, a plurality of cantilever-shaped spring pieces 11 and a plurality of cantilever-shaped spring pieces 12 may be provided alternately.

This cylindrical elastic contactor 2 is manufactured by using a plurality of cantilever-shaped spring pieces made of the conductive metal plate having a strong spring property as in the conventional example shown in FIG. 6 (A). 11 and the doubly supported beam-shaped spring piece 12 are alternately punched and formed, and after each of them is curved, the whole is rounded into a cylindrical shape, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In the above structure, the rear free end 11b of the cantilever-shaped spring piece 11 of the elastic contactor 2 is located in the cylindrical space, and there is nothing protruding outside. Therefore, as is clear from FIGS. 1 and 2, the sleeve 7 of the terminal body 1 can be easily inserted from the front end opening side, and the thin-walled portion 7a is provided so that the elastic contactor is formed by bending back. Since the fixing of 2 and the formation of the insertion guide portion 8 are easy, it is suitable for manufacturing the female terminal A with the sleeve provided with the electric wire connecting portion 3. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, by providing a plurality of thinned portions 7b at appropriate intervals in the thin portion 7a at the front end of the sleeve 7, the folding back process is further facilitated.

Further, the terminal body 1 and the cylindrical elastic contactor 2 are provided.
Since each is manufactured as a separate component from a metal plate made of a different material, the spring property of the cantilever spring piece 11 can be strengthened by selecting the material of the conductive metal plate of the elastic contactor 2. . As a result, a female terminal having a large elastic contact pressure on the round pin can be obtained.

[0015]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, the free end of the cantilever-shaped spring piece in the cylindrical elastic contact is located in the cylindrical space. It is possible to insert the elastic contactor into the inside from the side, that is, the front end opening side of the sleeve, and it is possible to manufacture the female terminal with the sleeve provided with the electric wire connecting portion. Further, since the front end of the sleeve is formed as a thin portion, the bending work can be easily performed. Further, by providing the thin portion with the thinned portion, the bending work becomes easier.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which a terminal body of a female terminal and an elastic contactor are separated from each other according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the terminal body and the elastic contactor of FIG. 1 are separated.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the assembled state of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing another aspect of the sleeve of the terminal body of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a conventional female terminal with a sleeve.

6A is a development view of the inner cylindrical body of the female terminal of FIG. 5,
(B) is a front view of an inner cylindrical body.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A female terminal 1 terminal body 2 elastic contactor 3 electric wire connecting portion 4 conductor crimping piece 5 insulator crimping piece 6 neck portion 7 sleeve 7a thin portion 7b lightening portion 8 insertion guide portion 11 cantilever spring piece 12 both Cantilever spring piece

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A terminal main body having a sleeve connected to an electric wire connecting portion, and a cylindrical elastic contactor inserted into the sleeve, wherein the sleeve has a thin portion at a front end, The cylindrical elastic contact is formed with a cantilever-shaped spring piece and a double-supported beam-shaped spring piece in the circumferential direction, and the cantilevered spring piece is curved inside the cylinder and has a rear free end. Is located in the cylindrical space, and the front end portion of the cylindrical elastic contact is fixed by an insertion guide portion formed by folding back the thin portion. 2. The female terminal according to claim 1, wherein the thin portion of the sleeve is provided with a plurality of lightening portions at appropriate intervals.