US 12,327,945 B2
Female terminal and female terminal manufacturing method
Yuki Hirose, Mie (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., Mie (JP)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,261.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-073826 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344849 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/17 (2006.01); H01R 43/048 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/11 (2013.01) [H01R 4/185 (2013.01); H01R 13/17 (2013.01); H01R 43/048 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female terminal, comprising:
a terminal body including a bottom wall; and
a spring member mounted in the terminal body,
wherein:
the terminal body includes
a connecting tube portion continuous with the bottom wall,
a resilient contact piece configured to resiliently contact a tab of a male terminal inserted into the connecting tube portion, and
a through hole penetrating through the bottom wall, and
the spring member is made of metal having a higher elastic modulus than the resilient contact piece,
one end part of the spring member biases the resilient contact piece in a direction toward the tab by coming into contact with the resilient contact piece, and
another end part of the spring member includes a shear surface and is located in a region inside a hole edge part of the through hole with the spring member mounted in the terminal body, the shear surface and a lower surface of the other end part of the spring member being exposed downward through the through hole.