| US 7,361,066 B2 | ||
| Terminal fitting and a blank therefor | ||
| Keiichi Nakamura, Yokkaichi (Japan); Ryotaro Ishikawa, Yokkaichi (Japan); Yutaka Noro, Yokkaichi (Japan); Yutaka Kobayashi, Yokkaichi (Japan); and Hajime Kawase, Yokkaichi (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/344,649. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2005-026667 (JP), filed on Feb. 02, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0172622 A1, Aug. 03, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 4/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—866 | 12 Claims |
| 1. A male terminal fitting, comprising:
a contact to be brought into contact with a female terminal fitting,
a substantially rectangular tube located behind the contact with respect to a longitudinal direction of the terminal fitting,
the tube including a tube base wall, a tube ceiling wall opposed to the tube base wall and first and second tube side walls
extending between the tube base wall and the tube ceiling wall to define a width for the tube that is wider than the contact,
and
a link provided between the tube and the contact and gradually widened from the contact toward the tube,
wherein:
the link includes a link base wall substantially continuous with the contact and the tube base wall, first and second link
side walls substantially continuous with the first and second tube side walls respectively and standing from the link base
wall, and a unitary link ceiling wall substantially continuous with the contact and the first link side wall, the link ceiling
wall being unconnected with the second link side wall and unconnected with a portion of the tube ceiling wall, and
an unconnected edge formed at a front end of the tube, the unconnected edge being rearward of the link and being unconnected
with the link ceiling wall.
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