Electrical terminal and method of fabricating same
CA 2136252 A1 · Owner: Eisenmann, Gregg A. · Inventors: Kennedy, Robert D.; O'Branovic, Nickolas; Eisenmann, Gregg A.
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A female electrical terminal element has means at one end for crimping a wire lead thereto and a second end in the form of a socket for receiving a male contact pin. The socket includes a cantilevered contact floor which is unitary with the socket and is formed by folding the cantilevered contact floor about a bight while maintaining support at the bight. A spring biased contact is disposed within the socket in opposed relation to the cantilevered contact floor for urging the male contact blade into abutment with the cantilevered contact floor. A method for forming a female electrical terminal component from a unitary blank utilizes folding a pair of side flanges to extend substantially …
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- Filed November 21, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 21, 2014.
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