| 摘要 |
An improved electrical connector is disclosed having terminals with receptacle portions which provide greater contact area than with conventional terminals of a tuning fork design. The receptacle portion of the present terminal is formed by a pair of parallel spaced arms, each with a pair of tines inwardly directed towards the other of the arms. Each tine on each arm is bent from the plane defined by the arms in opposite directions with respect to the other tine of the pair and the tine on the opposite arm thereby presenting four tine surfaces defining the sidewalls of the receptacle portion of the terminal. The opposite end of each terminal is provided with a known configuration for engaging a conductor, for example, a slotted plate configuration providing insulation displacing termination of conductors. The terminals can also be profiled between the end portions to compensate for differences in spacing between the conductors to be terminated and the terminals to mate with. The connector itself has an overall improved design which results in a lower profile and economies of manufacture as well as the capability of being originally connected to a multi-conductor flat cable, in daisy chain fashion, as well as to subsequently add connectors intermediate the ends of a terminated cable.
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