Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
Patent
1997-11-13
1999-07-20
Paumen, Gary
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
H01R 13432
Patent
active
059249005
ABSTRACT:
Contact (10) including at least one latching arm (50,52) extending rearwardly from a forward end (26) of a socket contact section (12) to define a rearwardly facing latching surface (60) at a free end (56) thereof, for retention of the contact in a housing passageway (72). A single latching arm (108) may be oriented edgewise with respect to the contact-receiving channel and be deflected laterally during insertion, or a pair of such latching arms (50,52;206,208) coextend rearwardly for free ends thereof to be deflected toward each other during insertion. A single latching arm (320) may be oriented parallel to the bottom wall and extend to a free end (324) having side portions (326) bent up to be oriented edgewise and be deflected into the contact-receiving channel (328) during insertion.
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Davis Wayne Samuel
Whiteman, Jr. Robert Neil
Ness Anton P.
Paumen Gary
The Whitaker Corporation
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