Fci, Inc.

Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

Aptiv Technologies Limited

Pascal Guillet

Patrice Cappe

Francois Cormier

Arnaud Duquesne

Stéphane Hernandez

François Cormier

An electrical male terminal formed from a metal plate comprising a mating portion having contact surfaces adapted to electrically contact a female terminal. The mating portion comprises a first and second seamless strip electrically contacting the first and second female contact surfaces. The male terminal has a seam comprising a mating portion seam, within the mating portion, which is parallel to the longitudinal axis, and located on one of the side portions which are perpendicular to the contact surfaces of the mating portion.

Electrical male terminal

This terminal includes a folded contact section which has a longitudinal junction line and defines contact surfaces, a securing section, suitable to be accommodated in a terminal accommodating chamber of an insulating housing, and an intermediate section extending between said contact section and securing section. The intermediate section is deformed in torsion around the longitudinal axis (X), whereby the junction line is angularly offset from the contact surfaces around the longitudinal axis (X). The invention also relates to a process for manufacturing such a terminal, and to an electrical connector including such a terminal.

Male electrical terminal with a twisted contact section

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Luisant, France

Pascal Guillet