Patent · US Expired

Electrical contact socket which is manufactured with simplified tooling

US4580863A · kind A · utility

22Cited by

9References

7Claims

0Family size

Assignee

AMP LLC · US

Inventors

Claudia I. Lohr · Heppenheim, DE
Werner Moritz · Siegen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 19, 1985
Grant date	Apr 8, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 19, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R31/08
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electrical contact socket comprises a flat face having a circular opening therein adjacent to one edge of the face. Diametric slots extend from the opening parallel to the one edge and have blind ends. Contact flanges extend from the periphery of the opening perpendicularly of the plane of the face and serve as contact surfaces when a pin is inserted into the opening. The portion or section of the face between the opening and the one edge is resiliently deflected when the pin is inserted and serves as a contact spring.

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