Connection terminal with spring portions

US8939802B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8939802-B2
Application numberUS-201113813089-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 29, 2011
Priority dateJul 30, 2010
Publication dateJan 27, 2015
Grant dateJan 27, 2015

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Provided is a connection terminal 11 including a terminal body 12 and a movable contact 13 having a pair of spring portions 42 a and 42 b extending in the same direction from the both sides of a contact tab 43 , wherein the end portions of the spring portions 42 a and 42 b of the movable contact 13 are fixed to the terminal body 12 , the contact tab 43 at the tip end of the movable contact 13 is conductively connected to the other terminal to be connected by being pushed to the terminal, and the movable contact 13 is formed in a process in which a metal plate is blanked to form a pair of spring portions 42 a and 42 b having a wavy shape in planar view at both sides of a central portion of the plate which will be the contact tab 43 , and the portion of the plate is folded in the same direction as a boundary so that the spring portions 42 a and 42 b extend in parallel from the both sides of the contact tab 43 including the portion of the plate.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A connection terminal comprising: a terminal body; and a movable contact, having a contact tab and a pair of spring portions extended from both sides of the contact tab in parallel; wherein end portions of the spring portions are fixed to the terminal body and are provided with a pair of engagement protrusions which protrude outside the terminal body through a plurality of engagement holes, the contact tab of the movable contact is to be pushed to…

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What does patent US8939802B2 cover?
Provided is a connection terminal 11 including a terminal body 12 and a movable contact 13 having a pair of spring portions 42 a and 42 b extending in the same direction from the both sides of a contact tab 43 , wherein the end portions of the spring portions 42 a and 42 b of the movable contact 13 are fixed to the terminal body 12 , the contact tab 43 at the tip end…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hara Terufumi, Sakurai Toshinori, Yazaki Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H01R13/05. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).