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Power port terminal

  • US 5,376,012 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1993
  • Issued: 12/27/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A female-type power port terminal for connecting to a male lug of a wide range of lengths and cross-sectional dimensions, comprising:

  • a contact receiving portion having a web and a plurality of fingers that are unitary with said web, said fingers being arranged to form an axially extending socket that is aligned about a reference axis, each of said fingers having a free end that is distal from said web, said free ends being unconnected to each other except through said web, each of said fingers further having a bend therein proximate said free end, said bends together defining a contact surface that is constructed and arranged to contact a male plug that is inserted into said socket, said contact surface being the most constricted point along said reference axis in said terminal; and

    a mounting portion that is unitary with and extends longitudinally from said contact receiving portion and is formed together with said contact receiving portion from a single blank of conductive material, said mounting portion comprising a hood region that is curved about said reference axis by substantially 270 degrees to define a space that is coextensive and aligned with said socket, said hood region being open at least to permit a plug to pass into said space, said mounting portion further comprising a plurality of mounting legs thereon for mounting the terminal on a substrate;

    whereby said terminal, as a result of said unconnected free ends, is constructed to accept male plugs within a wide range of cross-sectional dimensions, and, as a result of said open space defined by said hood portion, is constructed to accept a male plug of a wide range of lengths.

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