Press-fit terminal and connector device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12388203-B2
Application number	US-202117912359-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 10, 2021
Priority date	Mar 30, 2020
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

A press-fit terminal includes a press-fit portion including two contact pieces facing each other with an eyehole interposed therebetween, where each of the two contact pieces includes a parallel portion, a front spring portion extending from the parallel portion in a direction in which the press-fit portion is inserted, and a rear spring portion extending from the parallel portion in a direction opposite to the direction in which the press-fit portion is inserted, the two parallel portions being parallel to each other, a thickness of the press-fit portion is 0.3 mm or more and 0.5 mm or less, when a length of the eyehole is Le [mm] and a length of the parallel portion is Ls [mm], Ls/Le is 0.57 or more and 0.65 or less, and when front spring strength is G 1 [mm 3 ] and rear spring strength is G 2 [mm 3 ], G 1 /G 2 is 0.55 or more and 1.45 or less.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A press-fit terminal that is press-fitted into a through hole formed in a substrate, the press-fit terminal comprising
a press-fit portion including two contact pieces facing each other with an eyehole interposed therebetween, wherein:
each of the two contact pieces includes a parallel portion, a front spring portion extending from the parallel portion in a direction in which the press-fit portion is inserted, and a rear spring portion extending from the parallel portion in a direction opposite to the direction in which the press-fit portion is inserted, the parallel portions being parallel to each other,
a thickness of the press-fit portion is 0.3 mm or more and 0.5 mm or less,
in the press-fit portion, when Le [mm] is a length of the eyehole and Ls [mm] is a length of the parallel portion, Ls/Le is 0.57 or more and 0.65 or less, and
in the press-fit portion, when G 1 [mm 3 ] is a front spring strength and G 2 [mm 3 ] is a rear spring strength calculated under conditions defined below, G 1 /G 2 is 0.55 or more and 1.45 or less:
[Conditions]
a direction in which the press-fit terminal is inserted is a forward direction, and a direction opposite to the direction in which the press-fit terminal is inserted is a rearward direction;
a position at 0.1 mm in the rearward direction from a front end of the eyehole is a front reference, and a position at 0.1 mm in the forward direction from a rear end of the eyehole is a rear reference;
assuming a front reference plane extending from an inner edge of the front spring portion at the front reference and perpendicular to an outer edge of the front spring portion, second moment of area of the front spring portion in the front reference plane is I 1 [mm 4 ];
assuming a rear reference plane extending from an inner edge of the rear spring portion at the rear reference and perpendicular to an outer edge of the rear spring portion, second moment of area of the rear spring portion in the rear reference plane is I 2 [mm 4 ];
a length in the insertion direction of the press-fit portion from an end, on a side of the front spring portion, of a linear outer edge of the parallel portion to the front end of the eyehole is L 1 [mm];
a length in the insertion direction of the press-fit portion from an end, on a side of the rear spring portion, of the linear outer edge of the parallel portion to the rear end of the eyehole is L 2 [mm];
the front spring strength G 1 is I 1 /L 1 [mm 3 ], and the rear spring strength G 2 is I 2 /L 2 [mm 3 ].

2. The press-fit terminal according to claim 1 , wherein when spring strength G [mm 3 ] is G 1 +G 2 , G is 0.03 mm 3 or more and 0.04 mm 3 or less.

3. The press-fit terminal according to claim 1 , wherein
the outer edge of the front spring portion is inclined so as to be directed inward in a width direction of the press-fit portion toward a front side, and
the outer edge of the rear spring portion is inclined so as to be directed inward in the width direction of the press-fit portion toward the rear side.

4. The press-fit terminal according to claim 1 , wherein an outward portion of the parallel portion is formed in an arc shape in a view looking along the insertion direction.

5. A connector device comprising:
a connector including the press-fit terminal according to claim 4 ; and
a substrate in which a through hole is formed,
wherein the press-fit portion of the press-fit terminal is press-fitted into the through hole, and
a radius of curvature of the outward portion of the parallel portion is equal to or smaller than an inner peripheral radius of the through hole in a view looking along the insertion direction.

Assignees

• Autonetworks Technologies Ltd
• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Yamanaka Takuya
• Ito Tetsuya
• Sakurai Toshikazu
• Tonosaki Takashi
• Shinozaki Tetsuya
• Shimada Shigeki

Classifications

• H01R12/585 Primary

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