Electrical connector for receiving an electrical wire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9570817-B1
Application number	US-201615155756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 16, 2016
Priority date	May 18, 2015
Publication date	Feb 14, 2017
Grant date	Feb 14, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connector includes a housing and a conductive terminal. The housing includes a terminal slot and an insertion entrance in front of the terminal slot. The conductive terminal is correspondingly mounted in the terminal slot. The conductive terminal comprises a base portion, two side portions and two elastic arms, the base portion extends in a front-rear direction, the two side portions extend upwardly respectively at two sides of a rear end of the base portion, the two elastic arms extend respectively from the two side portions toward the insertion entrance of the housing so that a front end of each elastic arm is close to the insertion entrance. As depicted, a clamping portion is formed close to the front end of each elastic arm by punching a tab therein.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical connector comprising:
a housing with a terminal slot and an insertion entrance in front of the terminal slot; and
a conductive terminal mounted in the terminal slot, the conductive terminal comprising a base portion, two side portions and two elastic arms, the base portion extending in a first direction, the two side portions extending upwardly respectively at two sides of a rear end of the base portion, the two elastic arms extending respectively from the two side portions toward the insertion entrance of the housing direction, a front end of each elastic arm being close to the insertion entrance, a clamping portion being formed close to the front end of the each elastic arm by punching out a tab in each elastic arm.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein each elastic arm comprises an inward taper portion and a forward extension portion extending forwardly, the two inward taper portions of the two elastic arms taper toward each other.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 2 , wherein the two clamping portions of the two elastic arms face each other and respectively extend obliquely and inwardly toward the rear.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 3 , wherein the two forward extension portions of the two elastic arms are positioned above an upper surface of the base portion.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises at least one clamping released member, the clamping released member comprises an elastic connection arm and a clamping released block, each the elastic arm of the conductive terminal comprises a pushed portion, when the clamping released member is pressed down, the clamping released block pushes outwardly the two pushed portions so as to allow a space between the two clamping portions to be expanded.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein each pushed portion is a plate body bent inwardly and downwardly from an upper edge of the corresponding elastic arm, the clamping released block comprises two side surfaces tapering downwardly.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 6 , wherein the elastic connection arm of the clamping released member integrally extends forwardly from a rear end of a top wall of the housing, the clamping released block is positioned at a front end of the elastic connection arm, the elastic connection arm comprises a downward extending section.

8. An electrical connector configured to receive an electrical wire, the electrical connector comprising:
an housing, the housing comprising at least one terminal slot, and the housing comprising an insertion entrance in front of the terminal slot for insertion of a conductor of the electrical wire; and
at least one conductive terminal, the conductive terminal being correspondingly mounted to the terminal slot, the conductive terminal comprising a base portion, two side portions and two elastic arms, the base portion extending in a front-rear direction, the two side portions extending upwardly respectively at two sides of a rear end of the base portion, the two elastic arms extending respectively from the two side portions toward the insertion entrance of the housing in a rear-to-front direction, a front end of each elastic arm being close to the insertion entrance, a clamping portion being formed close to the front end of the each elastic arm by punching a tab in each elastic arm, the clamping portion being used to clamp a part of the conductor of the electrical wire stripped off an insulating layer.

9. The electrical connector according to claim 8 , wherein each elastic arm comprises an inward taper portion and a forward extension portion extending forwardly, the two inward taper portions of the two elastic arms taper toward each other.

10. The electrical connector according to claim 9 , wherein the two clamping portions of the two elastic arms face each other and respectively extend obliquely and inwardly toward the rear.

11. The electrical connector according to claim 10 , wherein the two forward extension portions of the two elastic arms are positioned above an upper surface of the base portion.

12. The electrical connector according to claim 8 , wherein the housing comprises at least one clamping released member, the clamping released member comprises an elastic connection arm and a clamping released block, each the elastic arm of the conductive terminal comprises a pushed portion, when the clamping released member is pressed down, the clamping released block pushes outwardly the two pushed portions so as to allow a space between the two clamping portions to be expanded.

13. The electrical connector according to claim 12 , wherein each pushed portion is a plate body bent inwardly and downwardly from an upper edge of the corresponding elastic arm, the clamping released block comprises two side surfaces tapering downwardly.

14. The electrical connector according to claim 13 , wherein the elastic connection arm of the clamping released member integrally extends forwardly from a rear end of a top wall of the housing, the clamping released block is positioned at a front end of the elastic connection arm, the elastic connection arm comprises a downward extending section.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Wang jin shun
• Yin Hao
• Zhang Xue-Qing

Classifications

• H01R4/4818 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R4/4848

  Busbar integrally formed with the spring · CPC title

• H01R4/483

  Pivoting arrangements, e.g. lever pushing on the spring · CPC title

• H01R4/4823

  Multiblade spring · CPC title

• H01R12/515 Primary

  Terminal blocks providing connections to wires or cables · CPC title