Patent · US Expired

Contact for the through-connection of a printed circuit board

US5860817A · kind A · utility

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4References

17Claims

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Assignee

Whitaker & Company · US

Inventors

Bernd Fieberling · Worms, DE
Georg Grella · Langen (Hessen), DE
Vit Masek · Fürth, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 23, 1997
Grant date	Jan 19, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 23, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S439/94
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact for the through-connection of a printed circuit board through a hole is specified, having a central pin made of a conductive material; arms, which are designed in an essentially C-shaped manner, are arranged on the pin on two opposite sides; and a plastic body is provided on one end of the pin, which body surrounds the pin and, on the side facing away from the pin, has a surface extending perpendicularly to the pin, which can be used as suction surface for the automatic processing of the contact.

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