US 12,088,051 B2
Electrical male terminal
Ping Chen, Novi, MI (US); and Gwendolyn Upson, Ypsilanti, MI (US)
Assigned to J.S.T. CORPORATION, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed by J.S.T. CORPORATION, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/236,802.
Application 18/236,802 is a division of application No. 17/675,970, filed on Feb. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,831,118.
Application 17/675,970 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/353,276, filed on Jun. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,626,671, issued on Apr. 11, 2023.
Application 17/353,276 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/828,291, filed on Mar. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,043,766, issued on Jun. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,679, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0395999 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/04 (2006.01); H01R 13/432 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/185 (2013.01) [H01R 13/04 (2013.01); H01R 13/432 (2013.01); H01R 4/188 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical male terminal for insertion into a connector assembly, said electrical male terminal, comprising:
a clamp or crimp area;
a main body attached to said clamp or crimp area, said main body having a tang member of a lever member and a tapered portion, and said lever member having an attached end portion and an unattached end portion; and
a blade extending from said main body,
wherein a front end portion of said main body includes an upper portion and a support member, said front portion of said main body having a substantially U-shaped configuration or shape along a cross-section taken across said upper portion and said support member of said main body,
wherein said support member of said main body includes a protruding member extending towards a lower portion of said main body,
wherein said lower portion of said main body includes a cut-off portion for movably accommodating therein said protruding member,
wherein said attached end portion of said lever member has a cross-section that is substantially U-shaped, and
wherein at least said clamp or crimp area, said main body, and a neck member that joins said clamp or crimp area and said main body are contiguous or continuous parts that form said electrical male terminal, substantially in its entirety, as a contiguous or continuous single construction.