US 9,812,802 B2
Electrical terminal having a contact made of a first metal and a coupling member of a second metal
Keita Terajima, Kanagawa (JP); and Masaaki Harasawa, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Aug. 2, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/225,930.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-154091 (JP), filed on Aug. 4, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2017/0040727 A1, Feb. 9, 2017
Int. Cl. H01R 4/10 (2006.01); H01R 13/03 (2006.01); H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 4/62 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 4/02 (2006.01); H01R 13/05 (2006.01); H01R 24/20 (2011.01); H01R 24/28 (2011.01); H01R 101/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/03 (2013.01) [H01R 4/023 (2013.01); H01R 4/184 (2013.01); H01R 4/185 (2013.01); H01R 4/62 (2013.01); H01R 13/052 (2013.01); H01R 13/055 (2013.01); H01R 13/113 (2013.01); H01R 24/20 (2013.01); H01R 24/28 (2013.01); H01R 2101/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical terminal, comprising:
a first contact made of a first metal; and
a coupling member made of a second metal fixed to the first contact, the coupling member having a cantilever with a free end extending toward the first contact, the cantilever pressing a second contact made of the first metal and fixed to a mating electrical terminal against the first contact, the second contact disposed between the cantilever and the first contact.