CA2492757A1 - Electrical terminal - Google Patents

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CA2492757A1
CA2492757A1 CA002492757A CA2492757A CA2492757A1 CA 2492757 A1 CA2492757 A1 CA 2492757A1 CA 002492757 A CA002492757 A CA 002492757A CA 2492757 A CA2492757 A CA 2492757A CA 2492757 A1 CA2492757 A1 CA 2492757A1
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Stephen C. Antaya
Manuel H. Machado
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/04—Pins or blades for co-operation with sockets
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49124—On flat or curved insulated base, e.g., printed circuit, etc.
    • Y10T29/49147—Assembling terminal to base
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49204—Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49204—Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49208—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
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    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49204—Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49208—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts
    • Y10T29/4921—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts with bonding
    • Y10T29/49211—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts with bonding of fused material
    • Y10T29/49213—Metal
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49204—Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49208—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts
    • Y10T29/49217—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts by elastic joining
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T29/00—Metal working
    • Y10T29/49—Method of mechanical manufacture
    • Y10T29/49002—Electrical device making
    • Y10T29/49117—Conductor or circuit manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49204—Contact or terminal manufacturing
    • Y10T29/49208—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts
    • Y10T29/49218—Contact or terminal manufacturing by assembling plural parts with deforming

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 %2 mm to 3 mm. The neck has a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck.

Claims (30)

1. An electrical terminal comprising:
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 extending away from each other moving away from the proximal ends of the base pad legs to the distal ends;
and a connector arm having a neck extending upwardly 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 by about 1/2 mm to 3 mm, the neck having a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck.
2. The terminal of Claim 1 in which the terminal is formed of sheet metal.
3. The terminal of Claim 2 in which said electrical connector for engaging with the mating terminal is a blade connector.
4. The terminal of Claim 3 in which the inner edges of the base pad legs angle away from each other.
5. The terminal of Claim 4 in which the inner edges of the base pad legs are angled outwardly about 4° relative to each other.
6. The terminal of Claim 5 in which the neck has side edges which are angled inwardly towards each other.
7. The terminal of Claim 6 in which each side edge of the neck is angled about 5° from the inner edge of an adjacent base pad leg.
8. The terminal of Claim 7 in which the side edges of the neck after angling towards each other extend outwardly to form a pair of protrusions between the neck and the blade connector.
9. The terminal of Claim 3 in which the proximal end of the neck has a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs by about 1 mm to 1 3/4 mm.
10. The terminal of Claim 7 in which the base pad legs and intermediate portion have outer edges which are at right angles to each other.
11. The terminal of Claim 10 in which the base pad has an outer perimeter that is no greater than about 10 mm by 14 mm.
12. The terminal of Claim 11 in which the outer perimeter is about 10 mm by 13 mm.
13. The terminal of Claim 12 in which the connector am is bent upwardly from the intermediate portion of the base pad and then bent laterally away from the intermediate portion.
14. The terminal of Claim 1 in which the base pad has a bottom surface with at least one standoff.
15. The terminal of Claim 14 further comprising a layer of solder on the bottom surface of the base pad.
16. 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 extending 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 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 by about 1/2 mm to 3 mm, the neck having a narrowing section moving away from the proximal end of the neck.
17. The method of Claim 16 further comprising forming the electrical terminal from sheet metal.
18. The method of Claim 17 further comprising forming a blade connector as said electrical connector for engaging with the mating terminal.
19. The method of Claim 18 further comprising angling the inner edges of the base pad legs away from each other.
20. The method of Claim 19 further comprising angling the inner edges of the base pad legs outwardly about 4° relative to each other.
21. The method of Claim 20 further comprising forming the neck with side edges that are angled inwardly towards each other.
22. The method of Claim 21 further comprising angling each side edge of the neck about 5° from the inner edge of an adjacent base pad leg.
23. The method of Claim 22 further comprising extending the side edges of the neck outwardly to form a pair of protrusions between the neck and the blade connector.
24. The method of Claim 18 further comprising forming the proximal end of the neck with a width that is less than the gap between the proximal ends of the base pad legs by about 1 to 1 3/4 mm.
25. The method of Claim 22 further comprising forming the base pad legs and intermediate portion with outer edges which are at right angles to each other.
26. The method of Claim 25 further comprising forming the base pad with an outer perimeter that is no greater than about 10 mm by 14 mm.
27. The method of Claim 26 further comprising forming the outer perimeter to be about 10 mm by 13 mm.
28. The method of Claim 27 further comprising bending the connector arm upwardly from the intermediate portion of the base pad and then laterally away from the intermediate portion.
29. The method of Claim 18 further comprising forming the base pad with a bottom surface having at least one standoff.
30. The method of Claim 29 further comprising forming a layer of solder on the bottom surface of the base pad.
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