摘要 |
AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR (12) INCLUDES A HOUSING (14) WITH TERMINAL-RECEIVING PASSAGES (27, 27'') AND FEMALE TERMINALS (40, 40'') THEREIN. EACH PASSAGE HAS A CROSS-SECTION FOR RECEIVING THE TERMINAL AND COOPERATING THEREWITH TO PREVENT TWISTING OF THE TERMINAL. THE TERMINALS EACH INCLUDE AN ELONGATED PLANAR BODY PORTION (42), A TERMINATING PORTION (26) EXTENDING REARWARDLY OF THE BODY PORTION AND A CONTACT PORTION (44) EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF THE BODY PORTION. THE CONTACT PORTION HAS A PAIR OF LATERALLY SPACED-APART CONTACT SPRING ARMS (46) WITH MUTUALLY OPPOSING CONTACT PORTIONS (48) DEFINING A TERMINAL-RECEIVING MOUTH (49) THEREBETWEEN. THE BODY PORTION INCLUDES A RETENTION SECTION (50, 90) HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED-APART RETENTION BEAMS (52, 92) OFFSET OUT OF THE PLANE OF THE BODY PORTION ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF. (FIG. 4)
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