TERMINAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED ACTUATION STRUCTURE

摘要

A terminal connector includes a housing, at least one conductor-retaining terminal each including an insertion passage for receiving the conductor of one respective electrical wire inserted into the housing and two springy suspension arms bilaterally disposed near a rear side and respectively curving toward the inside of the insertion passage for clamping the conductor, and at least one slide block each including a sliding cover panel coupled to the housing two beveled pushing surfaces located at a bottom side of the sliding cover panel and movable with the sliding cover panel between a first position where the pushing surfaces are kept away from the springy suspension arms for allowing the springy suspension arms to clamp on the conductor and a second position where the pushing surfaces are engaged into the gap between the springy suspension arms to release the conductor from the constraint of the springy suspension arms.

主权项

1. A terminal connector, comprising:
a housing comprising at least one front opening located in a front side thereof, at least one horizontal sliding chamber located in a top wall of an opposing rear side thereof, and an accommodation chamber defined therein in communication between said at least one front opening and said at least one horizontal sliding chamber; at least one conductor-retaining terminal mounted in said accommodation chamber of said housing, each said conductor-retaining terminal comprising a base portion, an insertion passage defined at a top side of said base portion and aimed at one said front opening of said housing, a bonding portion extended from opposing front and rear sides of said base portion, two side panels respectively upwardly extended from two opposite lateral sides of said base portion adjacent to said bonding portion, and a springy suspension arm backwardly inwardly extended from a rear side of each side panel; and at least one slide block respectively mounted in said at least one horizontal sliding chamber of said housing, each said slide block comprising a sliding cover panel and a push block located at a middle part of a bottom wall of said sliding cover panel, said push block defining two beveled pushing surfaces at a front side thereof, each said slide block being slidable relative to said housing between a first position where said two beveled pushing surfaces of each said slide block are kept away from the gap in between said two springy suspension arms of the respective said conductor-retaining terminal, and said springy suspension arms of each said conductor-retaining terminal are clamped on a conductor of a respective electrical wire, and a second position where said beveled pushing surfaces of each said slide block are inserted into the gap in between the two said springy suspension arm, the two said springy suspension arms are respectively and outwardly elastically deformed to release the conductor of the respective clamped electrical wire from the constraint of the respective said springy suspension arms for allowing removal of the conductor of the respective clamped electrical wire out of the respective said front opening of said housing.