Press-in contact

Details Press-in contact Press-in contact

1998-06-18

2000-06-20

Luebke, Renee S.

Electrical connectors

With insulation other than conductor sheath

Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation

439 82, H01R 1342

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060771283

ABSTRACT:
A press-in contact to be pressed into a throughplated hole of a printed circuit board includes a contact spring or a contact pin, a middle shaft portion connected to the contact spring or pin, and a connecting pin forming an extension of the middle shaft portion. The contact spring or the contact pin has in the transition area to the shaft portion a press-in shoulder. The shaft portion is provided with a slot-shaped opening whose sides are formed by legs. Each end of the slot-shaped opening has an approximately parabolic configuration. The slot-shaped opening is conically shaped and the end of the slot-shaped opening facing the contact spring or the contact pin extends into the area of the contact spring or the contact pin.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4230384 (1980-10-01), Anhalt
patent: 4606589 (1986-08-01), Elsbee Jr. et al.
patent: 4857018 (1989-08-01), Pickles
patent: 5004426 (1991-04-01), Barnett
patent: 5564954 (1996-10-01), Wurster
DIN 41 611, Part 5, Sep. 1984, Lotfreie Elektrische Verbindungen.

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