Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Limited

Autonetworks Technologies, Limited

Atsushi Okuda

Yoshitomo Tsujii

Kanji Horiuchi

Kensaku Takata

Noriyuki Uematsu

Noriyuki Uematu

A method for manufacturing a female terminal () with a tubular portion () formed by bending a metal plate into a tubular shape and resilient contact pieces () extending from the tubular portion () in an axial direction of the tubular portion (), folded inwardly of the tubular portion () and configured to resiliently contact a mating terminal inside the tubular portion () includes a joining step of joining metal members thinner than the metal plate to the metal plate, and a forming step of bending the metal members joined to the metal plate and forming the metal members as the resilient contact pieces.

Method for manufacturing female terminal and female terminal

A device connector () is mounted into a mounting hole (C) on a case (C) of a device in a vehicle, and includes terminals () connected to wires (W). A synthetic resin housing () includes a wire introducing portion () and a fitting portion (). The wire introducing portion () receives the wires (W) and the terminals () while the fitting portion () fits into the mounting hole (C). A metal shield shell () accommodates the wire introducing portion () and includes a lower shell () for covering the entire outer circumferential surface of the wire introducing portion (). A seal ring () fits on an outer surface of the wire introducing portion () and seals between the lower shell () and the wire introducing portion (). Water drainage holes () vertically penetrate a stepped portion () of the lower shell () above the seal ring ().

Device connector

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Mie, Japan

Atsushi Okuda