SAETechnicalStandardsBoardRulesprovidethat:“ThisreportispublishedbySAEtoadvancethestateoftechnicalandengineeringsciences.Theuseofthisreportisentirelyvoluntary,anditsapplicabilityandsuitabilityforanyparticularuse,includinganypatentinfringementarisingtherefrom,isthesoleresponsibilityoftheuser.”SAEreviewseachtechnicalreportatleasteveryfiveyearsatwhichtimeitmaybereaffirmed,revised,orcancelled.SAEinvitesyourwrittencommentsandsuggestions.TOPLACEADOCUMENTORDER:+1(724)776-4970FAX:+1(724)776-0790SAEWEBADDRESS—ThisDocumenthasnotchangedotherthantoputitintothenewSAETechnicalStandardsBoardFormat.1.Scope—BladeterminalslistedinthisSAERecommendedPracticemaybeusedforterminatingwireends,orforterminatingcircuitsondevicesotherthanwire.2.References—Therearenoreferencedpublicationsspecifiedherein.3.Whenbladeterminalsareusedforterminatingwire,thetemperoftheterminalsshallbesufficientlysofttopermittheterminalsbeingassembledtothewireandnotshowanyfractureorcrackswhichwouldimpairthestrengthoftheassembly.Terminalsmaybeappliedtowirebycrimping,welding,swaging,soldering,oranycombinationatconductorgrip.Insulationgripsmustbeusedonallterminals,orsomeexternalmeansofrelievingstrainshallbeprovided.Whenassembledtowire,theterminalsshallfit,andsecurelygrip,theconductorandwhenapplicable,theinsulation.Whenbladeterminalsareusedtoterminatecircuitsondevices,theyshallbeofatemperthatwillpermittheterminatingsectiontobeformedandattachedtothedevicewithoutfracturingorcracking.Thetempershouldbehighenoughtoresistdisplacementoftheterminalandconsequentlymisalignmenttothematingconnector.SAEJ858RevisedDEC2001-2-FIGURE1A—BLADETERMINALWITHDEPRESSIONFORUSEWITHMATINGSINGLECONNECTORSFIGURE1B—BLADETERMINALWITHHOLEFORUSEWITHMATINGSINGLECONNECTORSSAEJ858RevisedDEC2001-3-FIGURE1C—BLADETERMINALWITHOUTHOLEFORUSEWITHMATINGMULTIPLECONNECTORPLUGFIGURE2—BLADETERMINALSAEJ858RevisedDEC2001-4-4.Notes4.1MarginalIndicia—Thechangebar(l)locatedintheleftmarginisfortheconvenienceoftheuserinlocatingareaswheretechnicalrevisionshavebeenmadetothepreviousissueofthereport.An(R)symboltotheleftofthedocumenttitleindicatesacompleterevisionofthereport.PREPAREDBYTHESAECONNECTORSYSTEMSTASKFORCESAEJ858RevisedDEC2001Rationale—ThenotesinFigure2werereaddedandthefigurewereredrawnwithmetricunitsfirst.RelationshipofSAEStandardtoISOStandard—Notapplicable.Application—BladeterminalslistedinthisSAERecommendedPracticemaybeusedforterminatingwireends,orforterminatingcircuitsondevicesotherthanwire.ReferenceSection—Therearenoreferencedpublicationsspecifiedherein.DevelopedbytheSAEConnectorSystemsTaskForce