Electrical connectors – Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient... – Spring actuated or resilient securing part
Patent
1989-05-31
1991-01-08
Bradley, Paula A.
Electrical connectors
Metallic connector or contact having movable or resilient...
Spring actuated or resilient securing part
439883, H01R 448
Patent
active
049831330
ABSTRACT:
An electrical terminal member 10 adapted to reduce resistance at a contact interface between two electrical articles comprises first and second connecting portions 12,48 respectively. First portion 12 has an annular section 14 having a fastener receiving aperture 16 extending therethrough, an inner edge 22 adjacent the fastener receiving aperture 16 and an outer edge 28 extending circumferentially around the annular section 14. Annular section 14 further includes a plurality of slots 26 spaced therearound, the slots 26 defining therebetween respective spring sections 32 in an annular array. Each spring section includes respective protrusion 34 extending from a major surface thereof, each protrusion 34 having a crest portion 36. Crest portions 36 are disposed substantially in a common plane and define a contact interface for electrical engagement with a common conductive surface 38 of the first electrical article 60. An opposed major surface as an array of surface portions engageable by means securing first portion 12 of terminal member 10 to a said first electrical article 60. A plurality of electrical paths in parallel are established between the first and second electrical articles upon terminal 10 being connected to first and second electrical articles thereby minimizing the electrical resistance at the contact interface.
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Copy of Brookstone Catalog, pp. T162-B1 and 53.
Van Scyoc William C.
Wise James H.
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