Male connector terminal and insulator

Abstract

Abstract IN A PREFERRED FROM, THIS DISCLOSURE RELATES TO AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MEANS COMPRISING A MALE SPADE TERMINAL AND ASSOCIATED INSULATOR BODY. THE SPADE TERMINAL IS A ONE-PIECE METAL MEMBER OF RELATIVELY THIN GAUGE STOCK AND HAS A MAIN BODY PORTION, A TERMINAL PROTION, AND A WING PORTION, THE LATTER TWO PORTIONS BEING INTEGRAL WITH THE MAIN BODY PORTION ALONG ITS SIDES. THE TERMINAL PORTION IS ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED OVER AND ACROSS THE MAIN BODY PORTION AND THE WING PORTION IS ADAPTED TO BE FOLDED OVER AND ACROSS THE TERMINAL PORTION WHEREBY THE TERMINAL PORTION IS DISPOSED BETWEEN THE OTHER TWO PORTIONS. THE BODY AND WING PORTIONS AT THEIR FORWARD ENDS DEFINE STOP SURFACES AND THE WING PORTION HAS A LOCKING TANG EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THERETO. THE INSULATOR BODY HAS A CENTRAL TROUGH OPENING, A PAIR OF GUIDE CHANNELS OF A GIVEN DEPTH ADJACENT ITS FORWARD END AND A PAIR OF GUIDE CHANNELS OF A LARGER DEPTH ADJACENT ITS REARWARD END. THE INSULATOR BODY ALSO HAS A FIRST PAIR OF ABUTMENT SURFACES AT THE JUNCTURE OF THE DIFFERENT DEPTH GUIDE CHANNELS AND A SECOND PAIR OF ABUTMENT SURFACES SPACED REARWARDLY FROM THE FIRST PAIR OF ABUTMENT SURFACES AND EXTENDING INWARDLY INTO THE OPENING. THE SPADE TERMINAL WHEN INSERTED INTO THE INSULATOR BODY IS GUIDED AND HELD AGAINST ROTATION BY THE GUIDE CHANNELS AND IS HELD AGAINST LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE THERETO AS A RESULT OF THE STOP SURFACES ON THE TERMINAL BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH THE FIRST PAIR OF ABUTMENT SURFACES ND THE LOCKING TNG BEING ENGAGEABLE WITH ONE OF THE SECOND PAIR OF ABUTMENT SURFACES.

Inventors

• 👤 Warren Pearce Jr
• 👤 James L Winger

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