Electric Connector

摘要

A connector terminal includes a front contact-point portion that wipes off foreign material by slidingly contacting a plug terminal and a rear contact-point portion that is conductively connected with the plug terminal. The front contact-point portion has a sliding edge that slidingly contacts the plug terminal. The rear contact-point portion includes a contact edge that is thinner than the sliding edge, has a sliding width that is less than that of the sliding edge, and is conductively connected with the plug terminal by passing a sliding path of the sliding edge. Therefore, it becomes less likely for the contact edge to contact foreign material adhered to a portion other than portions at the sliding path. Thus, conduction failure can be prevented. In addition, by providing the connector terminal, it is possible to provide a socket that can similarly prevent conduction failure caused by foreign material.

主权项

1. An electric connector comprising:
a connector terminal including a contact portion that is conductively connected with a mating connector terminal and an elastic portion that elastically supports the contact portion, the mating connector terminal serving as a connection object, the contact portion being formed of a metallic plate whose flat plate surface is maintained, the contact portion including a front contact-point portion and a rear contact-point portion at a plate edge portion of the contact portion, the front contact-point portion and the rear contact-point portion being mutually independent of each other and successively contacting a planar terminal surface of the mating connector terminal in a fitting direction, wherein the front contact-point portion is provided with a sliding edge that is formed of a plate edge of the metallic plate, the sliding edge wiping off foreign material adhered to the terminal surface by slidingly contacting the mating connector terminal up to a contact position where the connectors are in a fitted state from when the sliding edge contacts the terminal surface of the mating connector terminal, and wherein the rear contact-point portion is provided with a contact edge that is thinner than the sliding edge of the front contact-point portion and that has a sliding width that is less than that of the sliding edge of the front contact-point portion, the contact edge being formed of a plate edge of the metallic plate, the contact edge being conductively connected with the mating connector terminal at a sliding path at the terminal surface where the foreign material has been wiped off by the sliding edge of the front contact-point portion.