18908024. FEMALE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL UNIT (Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.)
FEMALE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL UNIT
Organization Name
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
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FEMALE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL UNIT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18908024 titled 'FEMALE TERMINAL AND TERMINAL UNIT
Original Abstract Submitted
A female terminal includes a tubular portion provided in a first peripheral wall, a tubular portion provided in a peripheral wall to face the tubular portion, and a tubular connecting portion constituted by the first and second tubular portions. The tubular connecting portion is a part, into which a columnar connecting portion of a male terminal is inserted along a third direction and to which the columnar connecting portion is electrically connected. Both the first and second tubular portions include a first guide-in portion provided in a first end part in an axial direction of the tubular connecting portion for guiding the columnar connecting portion into the tubular connecting portion. An inner peripheral surface of the first guide-in portion is formed into a first inclined surface inclined radially outwardly of the tubular connecting portion toward a first opening end of the tubular connecting portion in the first end part.