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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeya Miwa, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/353 ;
Abstract
A connecting terminal provided with an arc discharge contact protruding forwardly and integrally formed at one side of a contact protrusion of a male terminal. The arc discharge contact comes into contact with the side surface of a side wall of a female terminal body before the contact protrusion of the male terminal comes into contact with a contact spring of the female terminal when the male terminal is connected to the female terminal.