WIPE-IN FEMALE TERMINAL FOR PRINTED CIRCUITS

摘要

WIPE-IN FEMALE TERMINAL FOR PRINTED CIRCUITS A printed circuit assembly has a flexible printed circuit carried on a rigid panel which includes an open ended cavity. A flexible conductor strip of the printed circuit is wiped into the cavity by a sheet metal female terminal upon insertion of the terminal into one end of the cavity. The terminal has a box-like portion for receiving a male terminal inserted into the opposite end of the cavity, a first resilient tongue for biasing a terminal received in the box-like portion against an interior surface thereof and a pair of resilient tongues for biasingly engaging the conductor strip wiped into the cavity. The terminal also includes a transverse portion which biases the conductor strip against the panel outside of the cavity. Flat or partispherical dimples for contacting the conductor strip may be utilized and the terminal may include a ferrule portion.