Electrical connectors – Metallic connector or contact comprising a slotted or...
Patent
1989-05-31
1990-07-24
Bradley, P. Austin
Electrical connectors
Metallic connector or contact comprising a slotted or...
439927, H01R 1111
Patent
active
049432478
ABSTRACT:
An annular electrical terminal member 14 adapted to reduce resistance at a contact interface between two electrical articles has a fastener receiving aperture 16 extending therethrough, an inner edge 22 adjacent the fastener receiving aperture 16 and an outer edge 28 extending circumferentially therearound. A plurality of slots 26 are spaced around the annular section, the slots 26 defining therebetween respective spring sections 32 in an annular array. Each of the spring sections includes a respective protrusion 34 extending from one major surface thereof, the protrusion having a crest portion 36, the respective crest portions 36 being disposed substantially in a common plane. The crest portions 36 comprise a contact interface for electrical engagement with a common conductive surface 38 of the first electrical article 60. The other terminal major surface has an array of surface portions engageable by a second electrical article. A plurality of electrical paths in parallel are established between the first and second electrical articles 60,70 upon terminal member 14 being connected to said first and second electrical articles thereby minimizing the electrical resistance at the contact interface.
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Copy of Brookstone Catalog, pp. T162-B1 and 53.
AMP Incorporated
Bradley P. Austin
Nelson Katherine A.
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