Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
Patent
1988-06-20
1989-05-02
Pirlot, David
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
439751, 439555, H01R 13428
Patent
active
048264555
ABSTRACT:
A terminal contact assembly comprising a dielectric sleeve of flexible material having a midportion provided with a transverse integral partition wherein a keyway slot extends from an open end thereof communicating with a longitudinal slot in a defining wall portion of the sleeve, through a restricted portion of the keyway slot, to a larger closed end portion thereof centrally disposed in the partition. This assembly also comprises an elongated rigid contact of electrically conductive material having a midportion with an hour glass configuration including a narrow neck portion or key which is inserted laterally through the longitudinal slot in the sleeve and enters the open end of the keyway slot. The key is pressingly urged through the restricted portion of the keyway slot, by virtue of adjacent portions of the sleeve and the integral partition flexing momentarily to widen the restricted portion, and snaps into the larger closed end of the keyway slot thereby locking the contact axially within the sleeve. The dielectric sleeve supporting the contact is press-fitted longitudinally through a suitably configured and sized hole in a rigid mounting plate to have the defining wall portions of the sleeve held tightly about the axially disposed contact.
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Basov Emma
Case Arnold A.
Lau Frederick L.
Clark William R.
Meaney John T.
Pirlot David
Sharkansky Richard M.
Switchcraft Inc.
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