Electrical connector terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9735490-B2
Application number	US-201213476547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2012
Priority date	May 20, 2011
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connector terminal comprises a resilient contact end) for electrically contacting with an insertion end of a mating electrical connector terminal. At least one side of the resilient contact end contacts with the insertion end at a plurality of electrical contact portions separated from each other in a longitudinal direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a resilient contact end of an electrical connector terminal having
an outer rigid wall having a plurality of second electrical contact portions positioned adjacent to each other and separated from each other along a longitudinal direction; and
a first side positioned opposite the outer rigid wall, having
a base integrally connected to the outer rigid wall, and
a single resilient cantilever extending from the base toward a crimping end having a plurality of first electrical contact portions, each first electrical contact portion positioned between adjacent second electrical contact portions in the longitudinal direction, the plurality of first electrical contact portions contacting a first side surface of an insertion end of a mating electrical connector terminal and the plurality of second electrical contact portions simultaneously contacting an opposite second side surface of the insertion end.

2. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein a number of the second electrical contact portions is greater than the number of the first electrical contact portions.

3. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein one of the second electrical contact portions is located between two adjacent first electrical contact portions.

4. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient cantilever has a base connected to a wall of the resilient contact end, and a free end extending toward an opposite end of the electrical connector terminal.

5. The electrical connector according to claim 4 , wherein the opposite end of the electrical connector terminal is configured to be crimped onto a conductor.

6. The electrical connector according to claim 5 , wherein another end of the mating electrical connector terminal is configured to be crimped onto another conductor.

7. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the resilient cantilever is received in an opening formed in the base and protrudes inward from the opening.

8. The electrical connector according to claim 1 , wherein the electrical connector terminal has an insertion chamber formed by the wall configured to receive the insertion end of the mating electrical connector terminal.

9. An electrical connector, comprising:
a resilient contact end of an electrical connector terminal having
a first resilient cantilever extending from a first base including a plurality of first electrical contact portions, and
a second resilient cantilever extending from a second base integrally connected to the first base and including a plurality of second electrical contact portions, the plurality of first electrical contact portions and the plurality of second electrical contact portions contacting an insertion end of a mating electrical connector terminal, each first electrical contact portion positioned between adjacent second electrical contact portions.

Assignees

• Wu Jianfeng
• Liu Lihao
• Zhou Feirong
• Tyco Electronics Shanghai Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu Jianfeng
• Chen Zhenyu
• Liu Lihao
• Chen Yuanchun
• Zhou Feirong

Classifications

• H01R13/24 Primary

  resilient; resiliently-mounted · CPC title

• H01R4/184

  comprising a U-shaped wire-receiving portion · CPC title

• H01R13/113 Primary

  co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section · CPC title