Electrical connectors – Self aligning contact – Tubular socket
Patent
1988-08-25
1989-08-22
Desmond, Eugene F.
Electrical connectors
Self aligning contact
Tubular socket
439852, 439857, H01R 1311
Patent
active
048591980
ABSTRACT:
A contact assembly for electrically conductively engaging large numbers of electrical connections between printed circuit boards. A plurality of pins mounted on one board are mated to a plurality of corresponding contacts mounted on another board, such contacts being contained in cavities extending along respective axes in a housing such that when the pins are fully engaged by the corresponding contacts each contact is substantially concentric relative to a corresponding axis and pin, and when the pins are not fully engaged by the corresponding contacts each contact extends at an angle relative to a corresponding axis.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3853389 (1974-12-01), Occhipinti
patent: 4685886 (1987-08-01), Denlinger et al.
patent: 4776651 (1988-10-01), Paulo
Desmond Eugene F.
GTE Products Corporation
McNeil William H.
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