IP Library Granted Patent US 8,333,620
Granted Patent B2
US 8,333,620 · App. 12/853,887 · Granted Dec 18, 2012

Terminal member

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Patent No.
US 8,333,620
App. No.
12/853,887
Granted
Dec 18, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal member having a plurality of clamp members to electrically connect a plurality set of terminals. Each clamp member includes a pressing member and an insertion body. The terminal member includes a pressing member and an insertion body. The pressing member presses and electrically connects a pair of terminals facing each other. The insertion body presses the pressing member in a direction toward the pair of terminals when the pressing member and the pair of terminals are inserted into the insertion body.

Claims (30)

1. A terminal member comprising:

a pressing member pressing and electrically connecting a pair of terminals with a surface of one terminal directly contacting with a surface of the other terminal; and

an insertion body pressing the pressing member in a direction toward the pair of terminals when the pressing member and the pair of terminals are inserted into the insertion body.

2. The terminal member according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion body is a sleeve having a tubular shape.

3. The terminal member according to claim 2 , wherein the sleeve includes a protrusion projecting toward an outer periphery side at one end of the insertion body.

4. The terminal member according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member is an elastic deformable clamp fitting.

5. The terminal member according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member includes a pair of curved parts biased away from the pair of terminals when positioned along the pair of terminals.

6. The terminal member according to claim 5 , wherein each curved part comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the insertion body and elastically deforms in a direction toward the pair of terminals.

7. The terminal member according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member includes a pair of arms extending along both sides of the pair of terminals, and the pair of terminals are secured between the pair of arms.

8. The terminal member according to claim 1 , wherein the pressing member includes a base end and a pair of arms that extend from the base end.

9. The terminal member according to claim 8 , wherein each of the pair of arms includes a curved part expanding to the outside of the arm.

10. The terminal member according to claim 9 , wherein each of the pair of arms includes a contact part for contacting with one of the pair of terminals and a distal end bent to an outside of the arm.

11. The terminal member according to claim 10 , wherein the contact part is located closer to the distal end than the curved part.

12. The terminal member according to claim 11 , wherein an outside dimension of pair of curved parts is larger than an inside dimension of the insertion body.

13. The terminal member according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion body includes a protrusion for preventing the pressing member from being completed removed from the insertion body.

14. The terminal member according to claim 13 , wherein the insertion body includes at least two protrusions with one of the at least two protrusions positioned on the inner peripheral surface of the insertion body.

15. A terminal member comprising:

a pressing member pressing and electrically connecting a pair of terminals facing each other, including a base end and a pair of arms that extend from the base end; and

an insertion body pressing the pressing member in a direction toward the pair of terminals when the pressing member and the pair of terminals are inserted into the insertion body,

wherein each of the pair of arms includes a curved part expending to the outside of the arm, wherein an outside dimension of pair of curved parts is larger than in inside dimension of the insertion body.

16. The terminal member according to claim 15 , wherein the insertion body is a sleeve having a tubular shape.

17. The terminal member according to claim 16 , wherein the sleeve includes a protrusion projecting toward an outer periphery side at one end of the insertion body.

18. The terminal member according to claim 15 , wherein the pressing member is an elastic deformable clamp fitting.

19. The terminal member according to claim 15 , wherein the pressing member includes a pair of curved parts biased away from the pair of terminals when positioned along the pair of terminals.

20. The terminal member according to claim 19 , wherein each curved part comes into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the insertion body and elastically deforms in a direction toward the pair of terminals.

21. The terminal member according to claim 15 , wherein the pressing member includes a pair of arms extending along both sides of the pair of terminals, and the pair of terminals are secured between the pair of arms.

22. The terminal member according to claim 15 , wherein each of the pair of arms includes a contact part for contacting with one of the pair of terminals and a distal end bent to an outside of the arm.

23. The terminal member according to claim 22 , wherein the contact part is located closer to the distal end than the curved part.

24. The terminal member according to claim 15 , wherein the insertion body includes a protrusion for preventing the pressing member from being completed removed from the insertion body.

25. The terminal member according to claim 24 , wherein the insertion body includes at least two protrusions with one of the at least two protrusions positioned on the inner peripheral surface of the insertion body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
To: TE CONNECTIVITY JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 069811/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2010
From: KOMATSU, SEIJI
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
Reel/Frame 024822/0405 →