Contact and alignment feature

Details Contact and alignment feature Contact and alignment feature

1993-07-27

1995-07-25

Paumen, Gary F.

Electrical connectors

With insulation other than conductor sheath

Plural-contact coupling part

H01R 13502

Patent

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054357578

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector comprises, an insulative housing block (2), electrical contacts (4) held by the housing block (2), spring fingers (11) on each of the contacts (4) for gripping onto a conductive pin, cavities (6) in an insulating housing (5) for receiving the fingers (11), mouths (19) opening into the cavities (6) for receiving conductive pins to be gripped by the spring fingers (11), rails (21) in the cavities (6), each of the rails (6) being in between said spring fingers (11) of one of the contacts (4), and each of the rails (21) being aligned with a mouth (19) of one of the cavities (4) and positioning said spring fingers (11) in alignment laterally with respect to the mouth (19) to assure receipt of a conductive pin between said spring fingers (11).

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