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Contact of an electrical connector

US10622745B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 30, 2018
Grant dateApr 14, 2020
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/114
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact for an electrical connector is formed of a single piece of stamped and bent sheet metal. The contact includes a body having a base, a limit stop, and a latching tongue connected to the body at the base and having a free end opposite the base. The latching tongue is spaced apart from the limit stop in a resting position of the latching tongue and the latching tongue abuts the limit stop in a deflected position of the latching tongue.

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