US 11,862,890 B2
Connection terminal and connector
Satoshi Kakuda, Mie (JP); and Takuya Utsunomiya, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Appl. No. 17/610,397
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
PCT Filed May 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/018647
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/235355, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-095877 (JP), filed on May 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0255258 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/506 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/506 (2013.01) [H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connection terminal, comprising:
a terminal connecting portion to be electrically connected to a mating terminal;
a wire connecting portion to be electrically connected to a wire; and
an intermediate portion provided between the terminal connecting portion and the wire connecting portion,
wherein:
the terminal connecting portion has a hollow cylindrical shape,
the terminal connecting portion includes a hollow cylindrical base portion connected to the intermediate portion and a first slit extending over an entire length of the terminal connecting portion in an axial direction of the terminal connecting portion,
the intermediate portion has a rectangular tube shape, and
the intermediate portion includes a second slit extending over an entire length in an axial direction of the intermediate portion.