Patent Application
20190288428
This application claims the benefit of the filing date under 35 U.S.C. ยง 119(a)-(d) of Chinese Patent Application No. 201820339835.3, filed on Mar. 13, 2018.
The present invention relates to a connection terminal and, more particularly, to a connection terminal with a receptacle portion and a wire crimping portion.
A connection terminal generally comprises a receptacle portion located at a first end of the connection terminal in a longitudinal direction, a wire crimping portion located at a second end of the connection terminal in the longitudinal direction, and a connection portion connected between the receptacle portion and the wire crimping portion. The receptacle portion of the connection terminal is adapted to be mated with a plug to be electrically connected therewith. The wire crimping portion of the connection terminal is adapted to be crimped onto a wire to be electrically connected therewith. The wire crimping portion of the connection terminal generally includes a conductor crimping portion adapted to be crimped onto a conductor of the wire and an outer cladding crimping portion adapted to be crimped onto an outer cladding of the wire. The receptacle portion includes a latching elastic sheet adapted to be latched onto the inserted plug and located at a rear end of the receptacle portion.
The conductor crimping portion of the wire crimping portion is usually disposed outside the receptacle portion in a lateral direction, so as to be offset from the latching elastic sheet of the receptacle portion, thereby preventing the conductor crimping portion from interfering with the latching elastic sheet. Such a design will not increase a size of the connection terminal in the longitudinal direction, but will increase the size of the connection terminal in the lateral direction, which is disadvantageous for miniaturizing the connection terminal.
A connection terminal comprises a receptacle portion, a wire crimping portion, and a connection portion. The receptacle portion includes a latching elastic sheet disposed at a rear end of the receptacle portion. The wire crimping portion includes a conductor crimping portion adapted to be crimped onto a conductor of the wire. The connection portion is connected between the rear end of the receptacle portion and the wire crimping portion and includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion. The conductor crimping portion and the latching elastic sheet are disposed between the first connection portion and the second connection portion and opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction. The first connection portion has a first bent portion and the second connection portion has a second bent portion. The first bent portion and the second bent portion each protrude in a height direction.
The invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying FIGURES, of which:
The technical solution of the disclosure will be described hereinafter in further detail with reference to the following embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In the specification, the same or similar reference numerals indicate the same or similar parts. The description of the embodiments of the disclosure hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings is intended to explain the general inventive concept of the disclosure and should not be construed as a limitation on the disclosure.
In addition, in the following detailed description, for the sake of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. It will be apparent, however, that one or more embodiments may also be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are illustrated schematically in order to simplify the drawing.
A connection terminal according to an embodiment, as shown in
The wire crimping portion 200, as shown in
The connection portion 300, as shown in
As shown in
A longitudinal length of the connection portion 300 is relatively large to prevent the latching elastic sheet 130 and the conductor crimping portion 220 from interfering with each other during formation while also limiting a lateral X dimension of the connection terminal. In an embodiment, after the latching elastic sheet 130 and the conductor crimping portion 220 are formed, the connection portion 300 is bent, thereby shortening the size of the connection portion 300 in the longitudinal direction Y. Therefore, the longitudinal Y and the lateral X dimensions of the connection terminal are minimized, which contributes to miniaturization of the connection terminal.
The wire crimping portion 200, as shown in
The receptacle portion 100, as shown in
As shown in
It should be appreciated by those skilled in this art that the above embodiments are intended to be illustrative, and many modifications may be made to the above embodiments by those skilled in this art, and various structures described in various embodiments may be freely combined with each other without conflicting in configuration or principle.
Although the disclosure have been described hereinbefore in detail with reference to the attached drawings, it should be appreciated that the disclosed embodiments in the attached drawings are intended to illustrate the preferred embodiments of the disclosure by way of example, and should not be construed as limitation to the disclosure.
Although several exemplary embodiments have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes or modifications may be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the disclosure, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201820339835.3 | Mar 2018 | CN | national |
