Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Plural-contact coupling part
Patent
1995-03-14
1996-12-31
Nguyen, Khiem
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Plural-contact coupling part
439636, 439 83, H01R 1310
Patent
active
055888780
ABSTRACT:
An electrical receptacle connector assembly (4) for application to a printed circuit board consists of an insulating housing (6) and spring contacts (8) received in cavities (9) in the housing. The cavities are T-shaped having a portion that is substantially rectangular, constant cross section from a contact receiving face (12) of the housing (6) up to a position proximate to a mating face (10) of the housing and a contact retention slot (15) along one side thereof. Each spring contact (8) consists of a forward leaf contact spring (32), an intermediate retention portion (33) with retention ears (48), and a rearward contact tail (34) for soldering to a conductor on the circuit board. In each cavity (9) the retention portion (33) and a flat end portion of the leaf spring (32) lie flat against one face (24) of the cavity (9), the leaf spring being bowed towards the opposite face (26) of the cavity, with the retention ears (48) biting into surfaces of slots (15) and the contact tail (34) projecting from the contact receiving face (12) of the housing (6). The housing and the spring contacts are simple and economical to manufacture and the spring contacts are easy to load into the cavities. The contact tails can be configured for various modes of mounting the assembly on the circuit board.
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Flinchbaugh Bernadette M.
Gabany Andrew J.
Melnyk Adrian L.
Schmid Christopher J.
Nguyen Khiem
The Whitaker Corporation
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