Terminal for connecting a wire to a blade type terminal

Claim 1

A stamped and formed electrical terminal of the type having a conductor-receiving end and contact end, a conductor-receiving portion extending from the conductor-receiving end and a contact portion extending from the contact end, and a transition portion between the conductor-receiving portion and the contact portion, the conductor-receiving portion comprising first and second aligned flat plate-like members which are connected to each other, the plate-like members having aligned conductor-receiving slots so that a conductor can be moved laterally of its axis and into the conductor-receiving slots, the transition portion and the contact portion each comprising first and second sections which extend in side-by-side relationship from the first and second plate-like members respectively, the second section of the transition portion being a substantial mirror image of the first section, the terminal being characterized in that: the first and second sections of the transition portion have arcuate surfaces which are convex with respect to a medial plane that extends parallel to, and is between the planes of the first and second plate-like members and which are contiguous with the first and second plate-like members respectively and have generally U-shaped parts at their junctures with the respective contact portions, the arcuate surfaces of the sections fairing from surfaces of maximum radius to surfaces of minimum radius which in turn merge with the respective U-shaped parts of the sections, the U-shaped parts having opposed sidewalls which are connected to each other by webs, the U-shaped parts being opposed to each other with their webs adjacent to each other and with the sidewalls of the first and second sections remote from each other, the contact portion comprising at least one contact arm which extends from the U-shaped part of the first section.