Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-08
2009-12-01
Duverne, Jean F (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
With provision to conduct electricity from panel circuit to...
Reexamination Certificate
active
07625216
ABSTRACT:
Provided is an electrical connector having first and second surfaces and configured to establish electrical communication between two or more electrical devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a resilient, conductive contact retained in an aperture disposed from the first surface to the second surface. To contact the electrical devices, the contact includes a center portion from which extends two diverging, cantilevered spring arms that project beyond either surface of the electrical connector. To shorten the path that current must travel through the contact, one spring arm terminates in a bellows leg that extends proximate to the second spring arm. When placed between the electrical devices, the spring arms are deflected together causing the bellows leg to press against the second spring arm. For retaining the contact within the aperture, the contact also includes retention members extending from the center portion that engage the insulative housing.
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Plated Through-Hole Contact by H. C Schick, IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 6, No. 10, Mar. 1964, pp. 5-6.
Elkhatib Hecham K.
Mendenhall David W.
Miklinski, Jr. Richard
Raclawski Alan A.
Cinch Connectors, Inc.
Duverne Jean F
Leydig , Voit & Mayer, Ltd.
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