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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Nobuyuki Akeda, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A press-connecting terminal ( ) includes a press-connecting portion ( ) having press-connecting blades ( ). The press-connecting blade ( ) has a pair of opposed inner surfaces ( ) extending downwardly respectively from a pair of bladed, tapering guide surfaces ( ) which are slanting downwardly toward the axis of the electric wire ( ), and a gap (G), formed between the pair of inner surfaces ( ), is smaller than the diameter (d) of a conductor ( ) of the electric wire ( ). On the basis of at least one of the width (W) of each of the downwardly-extending inner surfaces ( ), the size of the gap (G), and the number (n) of the press-connecting blades ( ), the total area (S ) of contact of the downwardly-extending inner surfaces ( ) with the conductor ( ) is set to a value greater than or equal to the cross-sectional area (&pgr;d ) of the conductor ( ). Therefore, an electrical resistance, developing between the conductor ( ) and each inner surface ( ), can be reduced. Accordingly, the deterioration, improper contact and so on of those members around the press-connecting portion due to heat, produced by the electrical resistance between the conductor ( ) and each press-connecting blade ( ), can be positively prevented.