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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1993
Jean-Michel Dechanteloup, le Mans, FR;
Patrick Leger, Mulsanne, FR;
Framatome Connectors International, Paris la Defense, FR;
Abstract
A female electrical contact terminal having a rear tubular shank for connection with an electrical conductor, a forwardly open electrically conductive annular portion for receiving a male terminal, subdivided by a plurality of circumferentially distributed axial slots into a plurality of fingers, each said finger extending axially from a root securely connected to said rear tubular shank up to a free end having an inner swelling, the swelling of all arms defining a male terminal entrance, and a rigid tubular section secured to the roots of the fingers, surrounding the fingers, and limiting radially outwards resilient deformation of the fingers from a free condition of the fingers in which they converge forwardly among from the tubular section. A plurality of such terminal may be located in the insulation of a half-connector.