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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
James Dickinson Roberts, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Joseph Paul Kalisz, Plymouth, MI (US);
James Leroy Jones, Iii, Bellville, MI (US);
Kevin James Updike, Canton, MI (US);
Weizhen Brenda Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Dickinson Roberts, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Joseph Paul Kalisz, Plymouth, MI (US);
James Leroy Jones, III, Bellville, MI (US);
Kevin James Updike, Canton, MI (US);
Weizhen Brenda Wang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yazaki North America, Inc., Canton, MI (US);
Abstract
A male terminal has spring elements bent back from a rounded end above a flat portion of the terminal and separated by a centrally located opening. An aperture extends through the flat portion under the opening. Elongated ridges protrude from an underside of the flat portion. A female terminal has arms overhanging a base to form receptacles for the spring elements. Down-turned alignment ribs on the arms are received in the opening in the male terminal to properly align the terminals during electrical connection. Dimples protrude from the arms to contact the spring elements of the male terminal as the spring elements are inserted. The elongated ridges on the underside of the flat portion of the male terminal contact the base of the female terminal. A lock tab in the base between the ribs snaps into the aperture to latch the terminals together when the spring elements are fully inserted.