Abstract: An electrical terminal assembly having fixed and flexible tab receptacle terminal retainers. Each inserted receptacle terminal is retained by means of a movable finger formed in one side wall of the receptacle connector cavity and a fixed retaining shoulder in the opposite internal side wall of the connector cavity, both shoulders engaging the inserted female receptacle terminal. The receptacle terminal is removed by resiliently deflecting the movable finger to disengage the retaining shoulder thereon from the receptacle terminal thereby allowing withdrawal of the receptacle terminal.

Abstract: An improved electrical connector assembly having deflectable retaining fingers for mating with a corresponding connector assembly. Each assembly has at least one electrical terminal housed inside a hollow body adapted to enclose and support the terminal. The body has a separate passage intersecting the cavity in which the terminal resides. In addition, the hollow body has at least one wall section having a deflectable finger engaging and retaining the terminal within the cavity. A removable terminal retainer member is inserted into the passage to a position in which the member is in an interference relation with a portion of the terminal to retain the terminal within the cavity. The terminal retainer also has a wedge leg that, when inserted against the wall section, retains the deflectable finger in engagement with the terminal.

Abstract: A tab receptacle terminal consisting of a rectangular box having an end opening through which a male tab terminal can be inserted to make contact with fixed beams, parallel to the male terminal insertion axis, formed in the top of the box and protruding downwardly to engage one side of the male terminal. A cantilever beam member is formed between the top and bottom of the box and contacts the other side of the male terminal.

Abstract: A fuse/bus bar assembly for use in automotive applications has a one-piece bus bar member of highly conductive material, a fixed terminal mounted on the bus bar, and a discrete terminal spaced from the fixed terminal, and a fuse plug connecting the discrete terminal with the fixed terminal mounted on the bus bar, the fuse plug having two legs, one of the legs inserted in the fixed terminal and the other of the legs inserted into the discrete terminal to fusibly connect the discrete terminal electrically to the bus bar. The fuse/bus bar assembly is made of two materials having differing thicknesses. The bus member is made from an elongated metal plate and the fixed terminal is made from a highly conductive metal strip. The fixed terminals are fastened to the bus bar by conventional means such as staking.

Abstract: An electrical receptacle terminal connector having visually inspectable components and an easily removable tab receptacle terminal inserted therein. The inserted receptacle terminal is retained by means of a moveable finger formed in the sidewall of the receptacle connector cavity which engages the female receptacle terminal and can easily be resiliently deflected outward to disengage from the receptacle terminal thereby enabling easy withdrawal of the receptacle terminal.

Abstract: A pin and socket electrical terminal consisting of a pin member having a generally cylindrical section of predetermined diameter and a socket member having a tubular section of a size to receive the pin member therein so as to establish electrical conductivity therebetween. The socket member has three radially inwardly projecting and circumferentially spaced ribs terminating at their radially inner edges at positions located substantially on an imaginary circular path having a diameter slightly less than the pin diameter so that when the pin is inserted into the socket member tubular section, the ribs firmly engage the pin member so as to establish good electrical contact between the members. The tubular section has a longitudinal seam running its full length so that it can yield in a circumferential direction to accommodate the inserted pin member. A form of the invention is also disclosed in which the ribs are on the pin member.

Abstract: A tab receptacle terminal fabricated by bending a single sheet of electrically conductive material comprising a receptacle box having an end opening through which a male terminal is inserted so as to make contact with the receptacle box. The receptacle box includes a bottom, top, and sides, the top including a leaf spring which extends toward the bottom and may be formed with a terminal projection extending toward the bottom for engagement with a male terminal inserted into the receptacle box. Fixed beams formed on the bottom and extending toward the leaf spring for engagement with a male terminal with normal force applied by the leaf spring toward the bottom to complete the electrical connection.