Electrical terminal
First Claim
1. A method of forming an electrical terminal comprising:
- forming a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion, the legs having proximal and distal ends, the legs being joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion and spaced apart from each other to form a gap between the legs, the base pad legs having inner edges facing each other, the inner edges continuously angling away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends; and
forming a connector arm having a neck extending upwardly from the intermediate portion of the base pad between the base pad legs and terminating in a blade connector for engaging with a mating terminal, the neck having a proximal end with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs by about ½
mm to 3 mm, the neck having a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck.
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Abstract
An electrical terminal includes a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion. The base pad legs have proximal and distal ends and are joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion. The legs are spaced apart from each other to form a gap between the legs. The base pad legs have inner edges facing each other which extend away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends. A connector arm having a neck extends upwardly from the intermediate portion of the base pad between the base pad legs and terminates in a blade connector for engaging with a mating terminal. The neck has a proximal end with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs by about ½ mm to 3 mm. The neck has a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck.
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Citations
31 Claims
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1. A method of forming an electrical terminal comprising:
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forming a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion, the legs having proximal and distal ends, the legs being joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion and spaced apart from each other to form a gap between the legs, the base pad legs having inner edges facing each other, the inner edges continuously angling away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends; and
forming a connector arm having a neck extending upwardly from the intermediate portion of the base pad between the base pad legs and terminating in a blade connector for engaging with a mating terminal, the neck having a proximal end with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs by about ½
mm to 3 mm, the neck having a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of forming an electrical terminal from sheet metal comprising:
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forming a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion, the legs having proximal and distal ends, the legs being joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion and spaced apart from each other to form a gap between the legs, the base pad legs having inner edges facing each other, the inner edges continuously angling away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends, the base pad legs and intermediate portion having outer edges which are at right angles to each other, the base pad having an outer perimeter that is no greater than about 10 mm by 14 mm; and
forming a connector arm having a neck extending upwardly from the intermediate portion of the base pad between the base pad legs and terminating in a blade connector for engaging with a mating terminal, the neck having a proximal end with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs by about 1½
mm to 3 mm, the neck having a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck and having side edges which are angled inwardly towards each other before extending outwardly to form a pair of protrusions between the neck and the blade connector.
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15. A method of forming an electrical terminal comprising:
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forming a generally planar base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion, the legs having proximal and distal ends, the legs being joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion and spaced apart from each other to form a gap between the legs, the base pad legs having inner edges facing each other, the inner edges continuously angling away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends; and
forming a connector arm having a neck extending from the intermediate portion of the base pad between the base pad legs and terminating in an electrical connector for engaging with a mating terminal, the neck having a proximal end with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of forming an electrical terminal comprising:
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forming a base pad having two opposed legs and an intermediate portion, the legs having proximal and distal ends, the legs being joined at the proximal ends to the intermediate portion and spaced apart from each other to form a gap between the legs, the base pad legs having inner edges facing each other, the inner edges continuously angling away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends; and
forming an electrical connector extending from the intermediate portion of the base pad between the base pad legs for engaging with a mating terminal, the electrical connector having a proximal end with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs.
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