Male and female power terminal assembly, female and male power terminals
A male and female power terminal assembly including a male terminal having a male contact portion including an outer contact surface and an inner surface, and a female terminal having a female contact portion including a sleeve and a finger made of an electrically conductive material. The outer contact surface is electrically connected to an inner surface of the sleeve. Further, the male terminal includes a connecting member made of an electrically conductive material which is placed inside a cylindrical hollow portion of the male terminal, and which interconnects the finger with the inner surface.
1 . A female power terminal extending parallel to a longitudinal direction, from a female connection portion to a female contact portion, the female contact portion having an end configured to first receive a male terminal, said female contact portion comprising:
a sleeve made of an electrically conductive material, the sleeve extending up to an opening located at said end and extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and
a finger extending parallel to the longitudinal direction inside the sleeve from a base attached to the sleeve to a free end and further extending to the opening located at said end, wherein the finger is integral with the sleeve and formed of the electrically conductive material, wherein the sleeve comprises a plurality of resilient blades extending longitudinally up to the plane.
2 . The female power terminal of claim 1 , wherein a conductive portion extends parallel to the longitudinal direction up to the plane.
3 . The female power terminal of claim 2 , wherein the finger comprises a protection element, made of an electrically insulating material and attached at the free end of the finger so as to stick out further from the opening.
4 . A male power terminal configured to interconnect with the female terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the male power terminal extends longitudinally in a back-to-front direction, from a male connection portion to a male contact portion, wherein the male contact portion comprises a cylindrical hollow portion made of an electrically conductive material, having an outer contact surface configured to be in electrical contact with the female terminal and having an inner surface and wherein the male power terminal further comprises a connecting member made of an electrically conductive material, which is placed inside the cylindrical hollow portion and which is configured to be in electrical contact with the female terminal.
5 . The male power terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the cylindrical hollow portion is formed as an essentially tubular wall having a radial thickness greater than or equal to 2.5 millimetres.
6 . A male and female power terminal assembly, comprising:
a male terminal extending longitudinally in a back-to-front direction, from a male connection portion to a male contact portion, the male contact portion comprising a cylindrical hollow portion made of an electrically conductive material, with an outer contact surface and an inner surface; and
the female terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the male terminal further comprises a connecting member made of an electrically conductive material, which is placed inside the cylindrical hollow portion of the male terminal, and which interconnects a conductive portion with the inner surface of the cylindrical hollow portion, each resilient blade or each resilient strip having at least one contact point configured to electrically contact the outer contact surface of a male terminal.
7 . The assembly of claim 6 , wherein the sleeve extends in the reverse direction to the back-to-front direction up to the opening extending in a plane perpendicular to the back-to-front direction and the conductive portion extends in the reverse direction to the back-to-front direction up to the plane.
8 . The assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the sleeve comprises a plurality of resilient blades extending longitudinally parallel to the back-to-front direction up the plane and having at least one contact point electrically contacting the outer contact surface.
9 . A male and female power terminal assembly, comprising:
a male terminal extending longitudinally in a back-to-front direction, from a male connection portion to a male contact portion, the male contact portion comprising a cylindrical hollow portion made of an electrically conductive material, with an outer contact surface and an inner surface; and
the female terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the male terminal further comprises a connecting member made of an electrically conductive material, which is placed inside the cylindrical hollow portion of the male terminal, and which interconnects a conductive portion of the finger with the inner surface of the cylindrical hollow portion, each resilient blade or each resilient strip having at least one contact point configured to electrically contact the outer contact surface of a male terminal.
10 . The assembly of claim 9 , wherein the sleeve extends in the reverse direction to the back-to-front direction up to the opening extending in a plane perpendicular to the back-to-front direction and the conductive portion extends in the reverse direction to the back-to-front direction up to the plane.
11 . The assembly according to claim 9 , comprising a connecting member placed in the sleeve and comprising a plurality of resilient strips, wherein each strip has at least one contact point electrically contacting the outer contact surface.
12 . A female power terminal extending parallel to a longitudinal direction, from a female connection portion to a female contact portion, the female contact portion having an end configured to first receive a male terminal, said female contact portion comprising:
a sleeve made of an electrically conductive material, the sleeve extending up to an opening located at said end and extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and
a finger extending parallel to the longitudinal direction inside the sleeve from a base attached to the sleeve to a free end and further extending to the opening located at said end, wherein the finger is integral with the sleeve and formed of the electrically conductive material, wherein the sleeve comprises a connecting member including a plurality of arcuate resilient strips.
13 . The female power terminal according to claim 12 , wherein each arcuate resilient strip has at least one contact point configured for electrically contacting an outer contact surface of a male terminal.
14 . The female power terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the connecting member has a plurality of arcuate resilient strips extending longitudinally between two rings.