Electrical connector

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1980-01-14

1982-11-16

McQuade, John

Geometrical instruments

339 17C, 339258R, H01R 909

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043592589

ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector having a socket for receiving a male contact, and an integral solder tail which projects into an opening in a circuit board and is soldered therein. The socket includes a pair of flexible opposed beam sections projecting axially from a cylindrical base and defining therebetween a contact area for receiving and engaging a male electrical contact. The flexible opposed beam sections have respective first portions converging from the base toward the contact area and respective second portions diverging from the contact area toward distal ends which define a target area for the male electrical contact. The distal ends define a circular target area for guiding a male electrical contact into the socket. The connector includes integral, locking tabs deformable angularly and in opposite directions relative to the central axis for engaging an insulator housing to help retain the socket in a housing while accommodating relative radial deflection of the socket and the solder tail.

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IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin, "Component Mounting and Wire Wrapping Contact," H. C. Schick vol. 5 No. 5 10-1962.

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