| US 7,462,079 B2 | ||
| Electrical contact with wire trap | ||
| David James Fabian, Mount Joy, Pa. (US); Timothy Lee Kocher, Camp Hill, Pa. (US); John Michael Landis, Camp Hill, Pa. (US); John Steven Wilson, Shermansdale, Pa. (US); Donald Alan Diemer, Oak Ridge, N.C. (US); and Donald Michael Baughn, Burlington, N.C. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 14, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/532,075. | ||
| Application 11/532075 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/343570, filed on Jan. 31, 2006, granted, now 7,118,429. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/736636, filed on Nov. 14, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0111612 A1, May 17, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 11/22 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—852 [439/861; 439/739; 439/438; 439/749] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An electrical terminal for positioning in a connector housing comprising:
a body having a first end, a second end, and a channel, the channel having an axis extending at least through the first end
toward the second end, the channel configured and disposed to receive an electrical conductor;
a contact gripping element intermediate the first and second ends extending into the channel at an angle from the axis, the
contact gripping element associated with the body, the contact gripping element terminating at an end having a reduced thickness,
the contact gripping element configured to exert a contact gripping contact force on the electrical conductor; and
the body comprising a locking portion configured to lock the body in the connector housing, the locking portion defining a
locking shoulder, and the locking portion being positioned through the channel, whereby the locking shoulder is backed up
by the body.
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