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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 18, 1983
Donald W Hughes, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Donald L Metzger, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Charles E Reynolds, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
Stamped and formed electrical terminal has a conductor-receiving portion comprising parallel plate-like members having aligned conductor-receiving slots. The terminal has a transition portion intermediate the ends thereof and has a contact portion extending from the transition portion. The transition portion comprises first and second sections which extend from the plate-like members. Each section has an arcuate cross section part adjacent to the plate-like member which fairs into a part having a U-shaped cross section. The contact portion comprises one or more arms that extend from at least one of the U-shaped parts. In one embodiment, each U-shaped part has two contact arms extending therefrom which are resiliently biased against each other to provide contact force on a complementary terminal when the two terminals are coupled.