Terminal lock device for screw lock terminal
View Patent ↗For preventing incomplete lock of a terminal at lock leaves of a connection box main body, and locking the terminal smoothly and securely at the lock leaves, a terminal lock device includes a connection box main body made of insulation resin, having a surrounding wall for receiving a terminal, and a pair of flexible lock leaves in the surrounding wall. A tab of the terminal with an electric wire is structured for inserting a head of a bolt. The tab is locked at the lock leaves. The terminal is connected to a mating circuit by screwing. A cover includes projecting plates, which are respectively inserted into bending spaces for bending the lock leaves when the cover is attached at the connection box main body. A pair of wall ribs is provided adjacent to the lock leaves, and a pair of tab ribs is provided at both ends of the tab.
1. A terminal lock device for a screw lock terminal, comprising:
a connection box main body made of an insulation resin, the connection box main body comprising a surrounding wall, a pair of flexible lock leaves arranged at the surrounding wall, and a pair of bending spaces for bending each one of the pair of lock leaves;
a terminal with an electric wire, the terminal being connected to a mating circuit by screwing a bolt, the terminal comprising a tab to be locked at the pair of lock leaves, which the tab is structured for inserting a head of the bolt therethrough; and
a cover covering the terminal, the cover being mounted at the connection box main body, the cover comprising a pair of projecting plates penetrating into each one of the bending spaces.
2. The terminal lock device according to claim 1 , further comprising a pair of wall ribs at the surrounding wall adjacent to each one of the pair of lock leaves, and a pair of tab ribs provided at both sides of the tab, wherein inner surfaces of the pair of wall ribs and outer surfaces of the pair of tab ribs abut on each other when the terminal is locked at the lock leaves.
3. The terminal lock device according to claim 2 , wherein an outer surface of the tab and the outer surfaces of the pair of tab ribs are continued to each other with a curved surface.