J.s.t. Corporation

Craig Lee

Gwendolyn Upson

Ping Chen

An electrical female terminal for mating with a connector assembly generally including a main body, a two-bodied spring, A protrusion extends from an unattached end portion of the lever member, the protrusion having faces angled relative to each other to efficiently deflect the lever member upwards when the protrusion interacts with an internal protrusion of a housing or a connector assembly, which in turn makes the electrical female terminal more difficult to remove from the housing or the connector assembly to thereby protect the electrical female terminal against the electrical female terminal from falling out during use. A top portion of the retainer member of the electrical female terminal, located above the two-bodied spring, has a dimple portion to increase the number of contacts to an upper spring of the two-bodied spring, so as to increase the stiffness of the two-bodied spring. The terminal face or leading end portion of the electrical female terminal is prevented from damaging or cutting a silicone seal, which seals the connector assembly from environmental contaminants, during mating therewith by providing thereon a recessed top face portion and a recessed bottom face portion. The overstress feature of the tang member of the lever is improved upon by relocating and reshaping the protruding member thereof.

Electrical female terminal

An electrical female terminal for mating with a connector assembly generally including a main body, a two-bodied spring, and a wire fastening portion. A protrusion extends from an unattached end portion of the lever member, the protrusion having faces angled relative to each other to efficiently deflect the lever member upwards when the protrusion interacts with an internal protrusion of a housing or a connector assembly. A top portion of the retainer member of the electrical female terminal, located above the two-bodied spring, has a dimple portion. The terminal face or leading end portion of the electrical female terminal is prevented from damaging or cutting a silicone seal. The overstress feature of the tang member of the lever is improved upon by relocating and reshaping the protruding member thereof. The configuration or shape of the cross-section across the upper portion and the support member at the front end portion of the main body of the electrical female terminal is substantially U-shaped. The configuration or shape of the cross-section across the attached end portion of the lever member of the electrical female terminal is also substantially U-shaped. The electrical female terminal is formed as a continuous and contiguous single construction having included therein at least the main body, the two-bodied spring, and the wire fastening portion and/or the lever member (or tang member), along with the neck member that joins the main body and the wire fastening portion.

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Farmington Hills, MI, United States of America

Craig Lee