Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Plural-contact coupling part
Patent
1997-07-07
1999-11-09
Bradley, Paula
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Plural-contact coupling part
439 60, 439862, H01R 1344
Patent
active
059803231
ABSTRACT:
An electrical connector (10, FIG. 5) is provided for connecting to a smart card C. The connector includes a two-piece molded plastic frame (11) having a horizontal planar top face (76), and also includes a plurality of resilient sheet metal electrical contacts (16). Each contact has a curved card-engaging part (30), a fixed part (46) that is fixed to the frame, and a central part (38) for connecting the card-engaging part to the fixed part. The central part has a first branch (44) forming a U-shaped fold of about 150.degree., a second branch (42) extending at an upward-rearward (U,R) incline from the fold to the card-engaging part, and a lower branch (40) that extends rearwardly from the fold to the fixed part. The branches (40,42,44) of the central part are each downwardly deflectable to enable easy deflection of the card-engaging part in a contact of small longitudinal (M) length. Two rows of contacts (16, 16X) are positioned so their folds (44) lie adjacent to a longitudinal centerplane (P) of the connector, to save room. The fixed parts 46 of the contacts have harpoon-shaped foots 62 laterally spaced from the rest of the contact.
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Bricaud Hervé Guy
Juret Bernard
Bradley Paula
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises Inc.
Peterson Thomas L.
Ta Tho D.
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