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(11) EP 0 627 787 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.06.1996 Bulletin 1996/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/49

(21) Application number: 94303937.0

(22) Date of filing: 01.06.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/648, H01R 4/18, H01R 9/05
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE CH DE ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 04.06.1993 JP 29968/93

(71) Applicant: THOMAS & BETTS CORPORATION
Memphis Tennessee 38119 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nishimura, Satoshi
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa (JP)

(74) Representative: Howick, Nicholas Keith 
CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Terminals used for terminating sealed wire


    (57) A terminal for processing a shielding wire (50) end, and more particularly a terminal for connecting a drain wire (51) (for grounding) of the shielding wire to a grounding wire (60) member us disclosed.
    A plurality of terminals each comprising a terminal body, a pair of press-contact members (11, 12) formed by inwardly bending opposite sides of the body and a tongue (13) projecting from a center of the body are fixed on a film-shaped carrier (20) with the press-contact members of the respective terminals being aligned in a line at a constant pitch.






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