Mini spring socket with plastic base
US4083623A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1977 |
| Grant date | Apr 11, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R4/028
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A miniature spring socket having a plastic housing containing the contact which comprises a pair of facing beam-like spring contacts which receive a terminal post therebetween. The plastic housing has slots behind the beam-like contacts to permit such beam-like contacts to be deflected back into such slots, and thereby accommodating terminal posts having large variations of diameters. The two beam-like contacts are secured to a ring-like base to which a third leg is also secured. Such third leg is bent over the rim of the housing and extends down the outside of the housing beyond the end thereof to form a tab which can be soldered to a conductive pad on the bottom side of the printed circuit board in which the mini-spring socket is installed.
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