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Contact terminal fixing construction

US6019637A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 15, 1998
Grant dateFeb 1, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/942
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contact terminal fixing construction including a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion which are mounted on a board in spaced relation to each other. When a distal end portion of a contact terminal is moved obliquely relative to the surface of the board, the first fixing portion engages this distal end portion. The second fixing portion includes a pair of claws, and a proximal end portion of the contact terminal is fitted into a space between these claws, and is engaged with the second fixing portion. The contact terminal has a limitation portion for limiting the movement of the contact terminal in a direction of a length thereof.

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