US 12,407,116 B2
Terminal fitting, connector and method for manufacturing terminal fitting
Masaki Tanaka, Makinohara (JP); Naoki Kobayashi, Makinohara (JP); and Jun Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,451.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-129008 (JP), filed on Aug. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0055782 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 4/30 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/30 (2013.01) [H01R 43/16 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal fitting comprising:
a first terminal portion in which a plurality of first tab portions, extending from a first tab continuous connecting portion, are arranged at intervals;
a second terminal portion in which a plurality of second tab portions, extending from a second tab continuous connecting portion, are arranged at intervals;
a connecting portion connecting the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion; and
a contact portion to be connected to an external terminal, wherein:
the first terminal portion, the second terminal portion, the connecting portion, and the contact portion are continuous as a continuous conductor plate;
the terminal fitting has a three-dimensional shape in which the terminal fitting having a preliminary shape, being flat plate-shape, is bent at the connecting portion;
in the three-dimensional shape, the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion are three-dimensionally arranged to be connected at the connecting portion such that the plurality of the first tab portions and the plurality of the second tab portions are arranged in a predetermined arrangement direction, and the first tab continuous connecting portion and the second tab continuous connecting portion are arranged at intervals in an intersection direction intersecting the arrangement direction; and
in the preliminary shape, the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion are arranged to be fitted to each other, and the first tab continuous connecting portion and the second tab continuous connecting portion are connected at the connecting portion such that the second tab portion is accommodated in the gap between the adjacent first tab portions, and the first tab portion is accommodated in the gap between the adjacent second tab portions.