Press-fit type connector terminal and method of fabricating the same

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EP 2 835 872 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	01.07.2015 Bulletin 2015/27

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.02.2015 Bulletin 2015/07

(43)	Date of publication:
	11.02.2015 Bulletin 2015/07

(21)	Application number: 14179684.7

(22)	Date of filing: 04.08.2014

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01R 12/58^(2011.01)

H01R 43/16^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
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	BA ME

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Priority:

09.08.2013 JP 2013166761

(71)	Applicant: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
	Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 612-8024 (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Endo, Takayoshi Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4200857 (JP) Yagi, Sakai Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4200857 (JP) Takeda, Takuya Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka 4200857 (JP)

(74)	Representative: Winter, Brandl, Fürniss, Hübner, Röss, Kaiser, Polte - Partnerschaft mbB
	Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Alois-Steinecker-Strasse 22 85354 Freising 85354 Freising (DE)

(54)	Press-fit type connector terminal and method of fabricating the same

(57) A press-fit type connector terminal (100) including a contact section (14) inserted into a through-hole (21) of a printed circuit board (20), the connector terminal (100) being formed of a single elastic metal sheet (10), the contact section (14) including a plurality of contact pieces (13) surrounding a longitudinal center line (C) of the press-fit type connector terminal (100), and a pair of binders (15, 16) binding the contact pieces (13) at their opposite ends, is characterized in that the binders (15, 16) has a thickness smaller than a maximum thickness of the contact pieces (13).