US 12,244,087 B2
Female terminal
Yuki Hirose, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/891,178.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-135538 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058587 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 13/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/113 (2013.01) [H01R 4/18 (2013.01); H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H01R 13/05 (2013.01); H01R 13/2407 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female terminal to be connected to a male terminal, comprising:
a connecting tube portion extending in a front-rear direction, the male terminal being inserted into the connecting tube portion;
a resilient contact piece provided in the connecting tube portion, the resilient contact piece resiliently contacting the male terminal; and
an auxiliary spring disposed in the connecting tube portion, the auxiliary spring biasing the resilient contact piece toward the male terminal by contacting the resilient contact piece,
wherein:
the connecting tube portion has a bottom wall, an upper wall facing the bottom wall, a side wall extending toward the upper wall from a side edge of the bottom wall, and a front opening open forward,
the resilient contact piece includes a fulcrum portion folded rearward from a front end edge of the bottom wall in the connecting tube portion and a contact point portion provided at a position behind the fulcrum portion to contact the male terminal,
the auxiliary spring is disposed at a position behind the fulcrum portion and below the contact point portion,
the auxiliary spring includes a protrusion projecting in a direction intersecting the front-rear direction, the protrusion having a tip located inwardly of an inner surface of the side wall, and
the protrusion and an inner surface of the upper wall are visually confirmable through the front opening of the connecting tube portion.