Electrical connectors – With insulation other than conductor sheath – Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
Patent
1988-02-29
1989-08-15
Desmond, Eugene F.
Electrical connectors
With insulation other than conductor sheath
Metallic connector or contact secured to insulation
29874, 439 84, H01R 13415
Patent
active
048570192
ABSTRACT:
An electrical terminal pin with a compliant portion adapted to be inserted into a plated-through hole of a circuit board. The compliant portion has a generally S-shaped cross-section with a width which gradually increases from a first axial end toward at least the middle of the axial length of the contact section. The pin has a mating portion joining the compliant portion for connection to another circuit element. Stiffening means are formed on one side of the compliant portion extending from the juncture with the mating portion to prevent breaking of the mating portion from the compliant portion when a transverse force is applied to the mating portion. The compliant pin is mass produced by using a strip of material having a generally uniform thickness throughout. The material is stamped in a given configuration and formed at successive stations to produce the S-shaped cross sectional compliant portion.
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Brubaker Weldon L.
Gierut Frederick J.
Kowalkowski James T.
Liburdi Francesco
Desmond Eugene F.
Hecht Louis A.
Molex Incorporated
Weiss Stephen Z.
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