Claims
- 1. A metallic male terminal comprising:
- a plate member folded to define a connecting portion and a mating contact portion;
- the connecting portion being capable of connection to an electrical wire and having a transversely folded part formed by folding the plate member in a transverse direction of the metallic terminal so that transversely opposite sides of the plate member abut each other in a transversely central region of the metallic male terminal;
- the mating contact portion being integral with the connecting portion and formed by a folded plate member folded in a longitudinal direction of the metallic male terminal to define a tongue-like configuration capable of coupling a metallic female terminal,
- a tip end part of the tongue-like configuration formed by folding the folded plate member in a longitudinal direction, and the transversely folded part extending along the mating contact portion to the tip end part of the tongue-like configuration and forming a part of the mating contact portion.
- 2. The metallic male terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mating contact portion has an engagement means for effecting an inter-engagement between the folded plate member and the transversely folded part to prevent the folded plate member from slipping in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the metallic male terminal.
Priority Claims (1)
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Nov 1995 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/747,816, filed Nov. 13, 1996 which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Brown et al. |
Sep 1996 |
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5567187 |
Bellinger |
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Divisions (1)
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747816 |
Nov 1996 |
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