Electrical device contactor
US4836797A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 16, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jun 6, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S439/912
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A contact leaf bank for an electrical contactor preferably etched from a single uniform sheet of resiliently flexible, electrically conductive material comprises a ground sheet defining a plurality of uniformly-spaced, elongated, parallel slots in which are singularly disposed a plurality of resiliently flexible, elongated leaves each having and end portion adapted to be a contact finger, the tip of each contact finger preferably being rhodium-plated for hardness. A pair of spaced and opposing contact leaf banks are two elements of a contact assembly which further comprises a base member in which a base end of each contact leaf bank is anchored, a device rail which in one form is a single track upon which an electrical device rides is centrally interposed between the contact leaf banks, the device rail being adapted to seat a device such that side leads of the device are aligned with the contact fingers and the spacing of the contact banks being such that the banks can be bent inboardly to make wiping contact between the device leads and the contact fingers, a pair of rockers one affixed to each bank at an end opposite the bank's anchored end and adapted to be reciprocatingly rocke…
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