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Electrical contact pin

US4737114A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 23, 1987
Grant dateApr 12, 1988
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49204
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical contact pin has a compliant part to be fitted into a plated aperture having a diameter of no more than about 0.94 mm (0.037 inch). the compliant part consists of a pair of elongated legs coming together at opposite shear ends and having generally straight inside walls which are not offset with respect to each other along a shear plane and define a thin slot. The thin slot has a length and a width which are greater than the shear ends.

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