Electrical connectors – Contact terminal – Strip of detachable contacts
Patent
1997-04-14
1999-09-28
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Contact terminal
Strip of detachable contacts
439876, H01R 909
Patent
active
059577398
ABSTRACT:
A continuous stamping of plated metal components, with carrier links between their ends, for surface mount soldering. A strip of components is formed which can be individually easily separated at severance regions between the adjacent components. The severance regions are located in the carrier links between the components. Preferably, the carrier links are offset upwardly from a solderable surface (20) of the components, or alternatively may be coplanar with such surface (FIG. 17). The carrier regions (21) that remain after severance may also serve as an overtravel stop during insertion of the component into a support. In a two-row embodiment (FIG. 10), the carrier regions (50, 52) are formed to be asymmetrical in order to increase spacing between pins. Advantages include: less material required, lower cost for selective plating, adjustable pin length in the die, flat stamping, tip plating for better electrical contact, and scrapless end product.
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Research Disclosure, Kenneth Mason Publications Ltd, No. 31552, England, Jul. 1990.
Bianca Giuseppe
Bogursky Robert M.
Abrams Neil
Autosplice Systems Inc.
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