MULTI-PIECE ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE TERMINAL

摘要

A multi-piece electrical receptacle terminal including a frame with a receptacle section adapted to receive a male contact; and a spring movably captured in the receptacle section. The spring includes a front end and a contact section spaced from the front end for contacting the male contact when the male contact is inserted into the receptacle section. The frame includes inward projections capturing the front end of the spring at the inward projections. The receptacle section includes an interior facing frame contact surface for contacting the male contact when the male contact is inserted into the receptacle section. The frame contact surface includes at least one inward projection which form a plurality of angled contact areas. At least one of the contact areas is angled relative to an insertion path of the male contact into the receptacle section.