WO1998002938A1 - Female electrical terminal with torsion members - Google Patents

Female electrical terminal with torsion members Download PDF

Info

Publication number
WO1998002938A1
WO1998002938A1 PCT/US1997/012071 US9712071W WO9802938A1 WO 1998002938 A1 WO1998002938 A1 WO 1998002938A1 US 9712071 W US9712071 W US 9712071W WO 9802938 A1 WO9802938 A1 WO 9802938A1
Authority
WO
WIPO (PCT)
Prior art keywords
members
contact members
torsion
metal plate
female terminal
Prior art date
Application number
PCT/US1997/012071
Other languages
French (fr)
Inventor
Kenzo Oda
Koichi Hayashi
Original Assignee
The Whitaker Corporation
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by The Whitaker Corporation filed Critical The Whitaker Corporation
Priority to AU36580/97A priority Critical patent/AU3658097A/en
Publication of WO1998002938A1 publication Critical patent/WO1998002938A1/en

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/10—Sockets for co-operation with pins or blades
    • H01R13/11—Resilient sockets

Definitions

  • the present invention concerns a female electrical terminal which engages a mating male terminal, such as a tab terminal .
  • the female terminal shown in Figures 5 and 6 is conventionally known as a female terminal with which tab terminals are engaged and connected.
  • This terminal is disclosed in more detail in U.K. Patent 1,108,005.
  • This prior art female terminal 100 is equipped with an upper plate 101, and a lower plate 102 which faces the upper plate 101. Furthermore, this female terminal 100 is formed with a substantially U-shaped cross section by punching out and bending a single metal plate. Moreover, a plurality of contact members 103, which protrude toward the lower plate 102, are formed by being cut out and caused to protrude from the upper plate 101. A plurality of contact members 104, which protrude toward the upper plate 101, are formed by being cut out and caused to protrude from the lower plate 102.
  • a plurality of tab terminal insertion openings 105 which are wider than the plate thickness of the tab terminals 111 of the mating connector 110 are formed in a bent member 106 of the female terminal 100.
  • the tab terminals 111 of the mating connector 110 are inserted between the contact members 103 of the upper plate 101 and the contact members 104 of the lower plate 102 via the openings 105 formed in the female terminal, and contact the contact members 103 and contact members 104 with a specified contact pressure.
  • the contact members 103 and contact members 104 which are respectively cut out from the upper plate 101 and lower plate 102 of the terminal 100, have a short spring length.
  • the tab terminals 111 of the mating connector are engaged and connected, the bending stress values of the respective root portions of the contact members 103 and contact members 104 are increased, so that these root portions undergo plastic deformation.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a female terminal with a high contact reliability, in which there is no plastic deformation of the contact members (formed by punching out and bending a flat metal plate) when the mating male terminal is engaged and connected, even in cases where the spring length of the contact members is short.
  • the female terminal of the present invention is characterized by the fact that [a] the terminal is equipped with [i] a metal plate, [ii] contact members which contact a mating male terminal, and which are formed by punching out and bending the metal plate, and [iii] torsion members which are formed by punching out areas near the roots of the contact members, and which connect the contact members to the metal plate, and [b] the torsion members are twisted when the mating male terminal contacts the contact members.
  • the female terminal is characterized by the fact that [a] the terminal is equipped with [i] a metal plate, [ii] a plurality of contact members which contact a mating male terminal, and which are formed facing toward the center from the left and right sides by punching out and bending the metal plate, and [iii] a pair of left and right torsion members which are formed by punching out areas near the roots of the contact members, and which connect the contact members to the metal plate, [b] the contact members extend toward the center from the left and right torsion members, with two contact members extending from each torsion member, and [c] both of the contact members on one side are positioned to the outside of both of the contact members on the other side.
  • space can be saved in the area around the contact members of the female terminal, and the left-right balance of the contact members is good, so that an appropriate contact force can be guaranteed with respect to the mating male terminal .
  • Figures 1 and 2 illustrate one working configuration of the female terminal of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view which shows the female terminal insert-molded in a housing
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view along line 2-2 in Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a plan view of the female terminal shown in Figures 1 and 2, and shows the state of the female terminal immediately after the punching of the metal plate.
  • Figure 4 is a plan view which illustrates another working configuration of the present invention; this figure shows the state immediately following the punching of the metal plate.
  • Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a conventional female terminal .
  • Figure 5 is a plan view showing a state in which mating male terminals engage and are connected by the female terminal
  • Figure 6 is a sectional view along line 6-6 in Figure 5.
  • Working configurations of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached figures.
  • Figure 1 illustrates one working configuration of the female terminal of the present invention.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view which shows the female terminal insert - molded in a housing
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view along line 2-2 in Figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a plan view of the female terminal shown in Figure 1, and shows the state of the female terminal immediately after the punching of the metal plate, prior to bending the contact members .
  • the female terminal 1 has a metal plate 2, a plurality of contact members 4 which contact the mating terminal 20, and which are formed by punching out and bending the metal plate 2, and torsion members 6 which are formed by punching out areas in the vicinity of the roots of the contact members 4.
  • the contact members 4 extend toward the center from the torsion members 6, 6 formed on the left and right sides, as shown in Figure 3, with two contact members 4 extending inward from each torsion member 6.
  • the right-side contact members 4, 4 in Figure 3 are positioned to the outside of the left-side contact members 4, 4 (i. e., above and below the left-side contact members 4, 4 in Figure 3) .
  • the left- and right-side contact members 4, 4 are bent upward so that the width W of the gap between the tip ends of the contact members 4, 4 is slightly smaller than the thickness h of the mating male terminal 20.
  • the torsion members 6 are formed by punching out areas on the left and right to the rear of the roots of the left- and right-side contacts 4, 4, and are formed continuously with the same specified width in the vertical direction of the metal plate 2 (i. e., in the vertical direction in Figure 3) , so that these torsion members 6 connect the contact members 4, 4 to the metal plate 2. Punched-out holes 5 are formed to the rear of the torsion members 6 on the left and right.
  • the female terminal 1 is fastened in place by being insert- molded inside a housing 10 (e. g., the housing of a connector used in an automobile anti-lock braking system) .
  • the metal plate 2 has a connecting member (not shown in the figures) which is connected to the outside, so that (for example) a solenoid- outside connection is established by contact with the male terminal 20.
  • the mating male terminal 20 (for example, a solenoid tab terminal) is inserted into the space between the tip ends of the left- and right-side contact members 4, 4 via a punched-out hole 3 from the back side (lower side in Figure 2) of the female terminal 1, so that the male terminal 20 contacts these contacts 4, 4.
  • the width W of the gap between the tip ends of the left- and right-side contacts 4, 4 is smaller than the thickness h of the mating male terminal 20, the contacts 4, 4 rotate about the root portions, so that a torsional stress is generated in the left- and right-side torsion members 6, 6.
  • Figure 4 is a unit plan view which illustrates another working configuration of the present invention; this figure shows the state immediately following the punching of the metal plate.
  • the female terminal 51 has a metal plate 52, a plurality of contact members 54 which contact the mating male terminal, and which are formed by punching out and bending the metal plate 52, and torsion members 56 which are formed by punching out areas in the vicinity of the roots of the contact members 54.
  • the point of difference between the female terminal 51 shown in Figure 4 and the female terminal 1 shown in Figure 1 is that the contact members 54 extend toward the center from four torsion members 56, 56, 56, 56 formed above and below and on the left and right in Figure 5, with one contact member 54 extending from each torsion member 56.
  • these contacts members 54 are bent upward (in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the page in Figure 5) in order to accommodate the mating male terminal (not shown in the figures) .
  • a mating male terminal (not shown in the figures) which has a substantially rectangular or round cross section can be accommodated, so that the four contact members 54, 54, 54, 54 contact the male mating terminal.
  • the main force acting on the mating male terminal when the mating male terminal contacts the contact members 54 is an elastic force generated by the torsion of the torsion members 56; accordingly, the stress acting on the root portions of the contact members 54 is small, so that there is very little possibility of plastic deformation of these root portions .

Landscapes

  • Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
  • Manufacturing Of Electrical Connectors (AREA)

Abstract

The female terminal (1) has a metal plate (2), a plurality of contact members (4) which contact the mating terminal (20), and which are formed by punching out and bending the metal plate (2), and torsion members (6) which are formed by punching out areas in the vicinity of the roots of the contact members (4), and which connect the contact members (4) to the metal plate (2). The torsion members (6) are twisted when the mating male terminal (20) contacts the contact members (4). There is no plastic deformation of the contact members (formed by punching out and bending a flat metal plate) when the mating male terminal is engaged and connected, even in cases where the spring length of the contact members is short.

Description

FEMALE ELECTRICAL TERMINAL WITH TORSION MEMBERS
The present invention concerns a female electrical terminal which engages a mating male terminal, such as a tab terminal .
The female terminal shown in Figures 5 and 6 is conventionally known as a female terminal with which tab terminals are engaged and connected. This terminal is disclosed in more detail in U.K. Patent 1,108,005. This prior art female terminal 100 is equipped with an upper plate 101, and a lower plate 102 which faces the upper plate 101. Furthermore, this female terminal 100 is formed with a substantially U-shaped cross section by punching out and bending a single metal plate. Moreover, a plurality of contact members 103, which protrude toward the lower plate 102, are formed by being cut out and caused to protrude from the upper plate 101. A plurality of contact members 104, which protrude toward the upper plate 101, are formed by being cut out and caused to protrude from the lower plate 102. Furthermore, a plurality of tab terminal insertion openings 105 which are wider than the plate thickness of the tab terminals 111 of the mating connector 110 are formed in a bent member 106 of the female terminal 100. The tab terminals 111 of the mating connector 110 are inserted between the contact members 103 of the upper plate 101 and the contact members 104 of the lower plate 102 via the openings 105 formed in the female terminal, and contact the contact members 103 and contact members 104 with a specified contact pressure. However, in the case of this conventional female terminal 100, the contact members 103 and contact members 104, which are respectively cut out from the upper plate 101 and lower plate 102 of the terminal 100, have a short spring length. As a result, when the tab terminals 111 of the mating connector are engaged and connected, the bending stress values of the respective root portions of the contact members 103 and contact members 104 are increased, so that these root portions undergo plastic deformation.
Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a female terminal with a high contact reliability, in which there is no plastic deformation of the contact members (formed by punching out and bending a flat metal plate) when the mating male terminal is engaged and connected, even in cases where the spring length of the contact members is short.
The female terminal of the present invention is characterized by the fact that [a] the terminal is equipped with [i] a metal plate, [ii] contact members which contact a mating male terminal, and which are formed by punching out and bending the metal plate, and [iii] torsion members which are formed by punching out areas near the roots of the contact members, and which connect the contact members to the metal plate, and [b] the torsion members are twisted when the mating male terminal contacts the contact members.
Furthermore, the female terminal is characterized by the fact that [a] the terminal is equipped with [i] a metal plate, [ii] a plurality of contact members which contact a mating male terminal, and which are formed facing toward the center from the left and right sides by punching out and bending the metal plate, and [iii] a pair of left and right torsion members which are formed by punching out areas near the roots of the contact members, and which connect the contact members to the metal plate, [b] the contact members extend toward the center from the left and right torsion members, with two contact members extending from each torsion member, and [c] both of the contact members on one side are positioned to the outside of both of the contact members on the other side. As a result, space can be saved in the area around the contact members of the female terminal, and the left-right balance of the contact members is good, so that an appropriate contact force can be guaranteed with respect to the mating male terminal .
In the present invention, since torsion members which are formed by punching out areas in the vicinity of the roots of the contact members are twisted when the mating male terminal contacts the contact members, an elastic force generated by the twisting of the torsion members acts on the mating male terminal when the mating male terminal contacts the contact members.
Accordingly, even in cases where the spring length of the contact members formed by punching out and bending the flat metal plate are short, there is no plastic deformation of the contact members when the mating male terminal is engaged and connected. As a result, the contact members make highly reliable contact with the mating male terminal. Accordingly, the length of the contact members of the female terminal can be shortened so that a reduction in size is possible. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate one working configuration of the female terminal of the present invention. Figure 1 is a plan view which shows the female terminal insert-molded in a housing, and Figure 2 is a sectional view along line 2-2 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a plan view of the female terminal shown in Figures 1 and 2, and shows the state of the female terminal immediately after the punching of the metal plate.
Figure 4 is a plan view which illustrates another working configuration of the present invention; this figure shows the state immediately following the punching of the metal plate.
Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a conventional female terminal . Figure 5 is a plan view showing a state in which mating male terminals engage and are connected by the female terminal , and Figure 6 is a sectional view along line 6-6 in Figure 5. Working configurations of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached figures. Figure 1 illustrates one working configuration of the female terminal of the present invention. Figure 1 is a plan view which shows the female terminal insert - molded in a housing, and Figure 2 is a sectional view along line 2-2 in Figure 1. Figure 3 is a plan view of the female terminal shown in Figure 1, and shows the state of the female terminal immediately after the punching of the metal plate, prior to bending the contact members .
In these figures, the female terminal 1 has a metal plate 2, a plurality of contact members 4 which contact the mating terminal 20, and which are formed by punching out and bending the metal plate 2, and torsion members 6 which are formed by punching out areas in the vicinity of the roots of the contact members 4.
Immediately after the metal plate 2 has been punched out, as is shown in Figure 3, the contact members 4 extend toward the center from the torsion members 6, 6 formed on the left and right sides, as shown in Figure 3, with two contact members 4 extending inward from each torsion member 6. The right-side contact members 4, 4 in Figure 3 are positioned to the outside of the left-side contact members 4, 4 (i. e., above and below the left-side contact members 4, 4 in Figure 3) . Furthermore, as is shown in Figure 2, the left- and right-side contact members 4, 4 are bent upward so that the width W of the gap between the tip ends of the contact members 4, 4 is slightly smaller than the thickness h of the mating male terminal 20.
The torsion members 6 are formed by punching out areas on the left and right to the rear of the roots of the left- and right-side contacts 4, 4, and are formed continuously with the same specified width in the vertical direction of the metal plate 2 (i. e., in the vertical direction in Figure 3) , so that these torsion members 6 connect the contact members 4, 4 to the metal plate 2. Punched-out holes 5 are formed to the rear of the torsion members 6 on the left and right.
Furthermore, as is shown in Figures 1 and 2, the female terminal 1 is fastened in place by being insert- molded inside a housing 10 (e. g., the housing of a connector used in an automobile anti-lock braking system) . The metal plate 2 has a connecting member (not shown in the figures) which is connected to the outside, so that (for example) a solenoid- outside connection is established by contact with the male terminal 20.
As is shown in Figure 2, the mating male terminal 20 (for example, a solenoid tab terminal) is inserted into the space between the tip ends of the left- and right-side contact members 4, 4 via a punched-out hole 3 from the back side (lower side in Figure 2) of the female terminal 1, so that the male terminal 20 contacts these contacts 4, 4. In this case, since the width W of the gap between the tip ends of the left- and right-side contacts 4, 4 is smaller than the thickness h of the mating male terminal 20, the contacts 4, 4 rotate about the root portions, so that a torsional stress is generated in the left- and right-side torsion members 6, 6. Consequently, what acts on the mating male terminal 20 is mainly an elastic force generated by the torsion members 6 rather than an elastic force generated by the bending of the contacts 4, 4. Accordingly, even in cases where the spring length of the contacts 4, 4 is short, the stress acting on the root portions of the contacts 4, 4 when the male terminal 20 is engaged and connected is small, so that there is very little possibility of plastic deformation of these root portions. Thus, the contact reliability of the contacts 4, 4 with respect to the mating male terminal 20 is high.
Figure 4 is a unit plan view which illustrates another working configuration of the present invention; this figure shows the state immediately following the punching of the metal plate.
In Figure 4, the female terminal 51 has a metal plate 52, a plurality of contact members 54 which contact the mating male terminal, and which are formed by punching out and bending the metal plate 52, and torsion members 56 which are formed by punching out areas in the vicinity of the roots of the contact members 54. The point of difference between the female terminal 51 shown in Figure 4 and the female terminal 1 shown in Figure 1 is that the contact members 54 extend toward the center from four torsion members 56, 56, 56, 56 formed above and below and on the left and right in Figure 5, with one contact member 54 extending from each torsion member 56. Furthermore, these contacts members 54 are bent upward (in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the page in Figure 5) in order to accommodate the mating male terminal (not shown in the figures) . As a result, a mating male terminal (not shown in the figures) which has a substantially rectangular or round cross section can be accommodated, so that the four contact members 54, 54, 54, 54 contact the male mating terminal. As in the case of the female terminal 1 shown in Figure 1, the main force acting on the mating male terminal when the mating male terminal contacts the contact members 54 is an elastic force generated by the torsion of the torsion members 56; accordingly, the stress acting on the root portions of the contact members 54 is small, so that there is very little possibility of plastic deformation of these root portions .

Claims

THE CLAIMS :
1. A female terminal (1) including a metal plate (2) , contact members (4) which contact a mating male terminal (20) , and which are formed by punching out and bending the aforementioned metal plate (2), the female terminal (1) being characterized by torsion members (6) formed by punching out areas (5) near the roots of the aforementioned contact members (4) , and which connect the aforementioned contact members (4) to the aforementioned metal plate (2), the aforementioned torsion members (6) being twisted when the aforementioned mating male terminal (20) contacts the aforementioned contact members (4) .
2. The female terminal of claim 1 wherein the contact members (4) extend transversely from the torsion members (6) .
3. The female terminal of claim 2 wherein the punched out areas (5) forming the torsion members (6) are located on the opposite side of the torsion members (6) from the contact members (4) .
4. The female terminal of claim 1 wherein the contact members (4) are bent relative to the plane of the metal plate (2) .
5. The female terminal of claim 4 wherein the torsion members (6) are in the plane of the metal plate
(2) when in an undeformed configuration.
6. The female terminal of claim 1 wherein opposite ends of the torsion members (6) are joined to the metal plate (2) .
7. The female terminal of claim 1 wherein each contact member (4) extends from the torsion member (6) toward the center of the metal plate (2) .
8. The female terminal of claim 1 wherein the metal plate (2) is insert molded in a plastic housing (10) with the contact members (4) being exposed in a central opening in the housing (10) .
9. The female terminal of claim 1 wherein multiple contact members (4) extend from multiple torsion members (6) and are configured to contact a mating tab terminal (20) .
10. The female terminal of claim 9 wherein the contact members (4) extending from one torsion member
(6) are positioned between contact members (4) extending from another torsion member (6) .
PCT/US1997/012071 1996-07-12 1997-07-11 Female electrical terminal with torsion members WO1998002938A1 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
AU36580/97A AU3658097A (en) 1996-07-12 1997-07-11 Female electrical terminal with torsion members

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP8/203217 1996-07-12
JP20321796A JPH1032030A (en) 1996-07-12 1996-07-12 Female terminal

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
WO1998002938A1 true WO1998002938A1 (en) 1998-01-22

Family

ID=16470408

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
PCT/US1997/012071 WO1998002938A1 (en) 1996-07-12 1997-07-11 Female electrical terminal with torsion members

Country Status (3)

Country Link
JP (1) JPH1032030A (en)
AU (1) AU3658097A (en)
WO (1) WO1998002938A1 (en)

Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2003055008A1 (en) * 2001-12-12 2003-07-03 Robert Bosch Gmbh Electrical contact element
WO2003067712A1 (en) * 2002-02-06 2003-08-14 Robert Bosch Gmbh Contact element
DE10304539A1 (en) * 2003-02-04 2004-08-12 Taller Automotive Gmbh Contact configuration
DE102004048059B3 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-04-13 Tyco Electronics Amp Gmbh Electrical plug-in contact element for motor vehicle has electrical building block with rectangular pin element fitting into space between contact jaws with springs for maintaining contact pressure
WO2006051014A1 (en) * 2004-11-09 2006-05-18 Robert Bosch Gmbh Method for electrically contacting punched grids
DE102007061910A1 (en) 2007-12-21 2009-07-02 Zf Electronics Gmbh Plug-in connector for use on pressed screen for printed circuit board, has plug-in element, where connector is joined by press fit connection of rounded hole and element such that diagonal dimension of element is larger than hole diameter
EP3016208A1 (en) * 2015-08-24 2016-05-04 Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG Contact assembly and connecting contact

Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3439316A (en) * 1966-12-22 1969-04-15 Amp Inc Miniature electrical connector
EP0417994A1 (en) * 1989-09-12 1991-03-20 Molex Incorporated Electrical contact torsion bar systems
US5188535A (en) * 1991-11-18 1993-02-23 Molex Incorporated Low profile electrical connector

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3439316A (en) * 1966-12-22 1969-04-15 Amp Inc Miniature electrical connector
EP0417994A1 (en) * 1989-09-12 1991-03-20 Molex Incorporated Electrical contact torsion bar systems
US5188535A (en) * 1991-11-18 1993-02-23 Molex Incorporated Low profile electrical connector

Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2003055008A1 (en) * 2001-12-12 2003-07-03 Robert Bosch Gmbh Electrical contact element
DE10160871A1 (en) * 2001-12-12 2003-07-10 Bosch Gmbh Robert Electrical contact element
WO2003067712A1 (en) * 2002-02-06 2003-08-14 Robert Bosch Gmbh Contact element
DE10304539A1 (en) * 2003-02-04 2004-08-12 Taller Automotive Gmbh Contact configuration
DE102004048059B3 (en) * 2004-09-30 2006-04-13 Tyco Electronics Amp Gmbh Electrical plug-in contact element for motor vehicle has electrical building block with rectangular pin element fitting into space between contact jaws with springs for maintaining contact pressure
WO2006051014A1 (en) * 2004-11-09 2006-05-18 Robert Bosch Gmbh Method for electrically contacting punched grids
DE102007061910A1 (en) 2007-12-21 2009-07-02 Zf Electronics Gmbh Plug-in connector for use on pressed screen for printed circuit board, has plug-in element, where connector is joined by press fit connection of rounded hole and element such that diagonal dimension of element is larger than hole diameter
DE102007061910B4 (en) * 2007-12-21 2013-08-08 Zf Friedrichshafen Ag connector
EP3016208A1 (en) * 2015-08-24 2016-05-04 Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG Contact assembly and connecting contact

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
JPH1032030A (en) 1998-02-03
AU3658097A (en) 1998-02-09

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
CA2018623C (en) Structure of connection between bus bar and press-connecting branch terminal in electric connection box
US5692928A (en) Electrical connector having terminals with improved retention means
EP0688065B1 (en) Electrical receptacle terminal
EP0337659B1 (en) Solder post retention means
US5380220A (en) Connector
US4880401A (en) Electric female connector piece
JP4219005B2 (en) Flat cable connector
US5957734A (en) Tuning fork inline connection system
US5147228A (en) Terminal having positive retention feature and method of using same
US5941722A (en) Crimp connector
US5123854A (en) Shunted electrical connector
EP0795930B1 (en) High contact force pin-receiving electrical contact
US4708416A (en) Electrical connecting terminal for a connector
US5711067A (en) Method of forming electrical connector
EP0844688A2 (en) Pressure contact terminal fitting
JPH07183054A (en) Electric terminal
US4033658A (en) Connector assembly accepting different size post contacts therein
US4880388A (en) Electrical connector assembly with lead frame
US6116952A (en) Multipole waterproof connector
EP0638959A2 (en) Female electrical terminal
WO1998002938A1 (en) Female electrical terminal with torsion members
EP0700122B1 (en) Electrical receptacle terminal
EP2162958B1 (en) Low profile shorting bar for electrical connector
EP0960453B1 (en) Electrical connector with shunt
US6383038B2 (en) Connector

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
AK Designated states

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): AL AM AT AU AZ BA BB BG BR BY CA CH CN CU CZ DE DK EE ES FI GB GE HU IL IS JP KE KG KP KR KZ LC LK LR LS LT LU LV MD MG MK MN MW MX NO NZ PL PT RO RU SD SE SG SI SK TJ TM TR TT UA UG US UZ VN AM AZ BY KG KZ MD RU TJ TM

AL Designated countries for regional patents

Kind code of ref document: A1

Designated state(s): GH KE LS MW SD SZ UG ZW AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LU MC NL PT SE BF BJ

DFPE Request for preliminary examination filed prior to expiration of 19th month from priority date (pct application filed before 20040101)
121 Ep: the epo has been informed by wipo that ep was designated in this application
REG Reference to national code

Ref country code: DE

Ref legal event code: 8642

NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: JP

Ref document number: 1998506164

Format of ref document f/p: F

122 Ep: pct application non-entry in european phase
NENP Non-entry into the national phase

Ref country code: CA