Patent · US Expired

Electrical connector

US6974340B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

26References

18Claims

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Assignee

IMS CONNECTOR SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Thomas Zech · Donaustauf, DE
Frank Roese · Donaueschingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2000
Grant date	Dec 13, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 22, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01R2201/16
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical plug connector assembly includes a socket connector and a plug connector. The socket connector includes a housing within which a U-shaped contact spring physically contacts a fixed contact part to establish an electrical connection. The U-shaped contact spring is disposed horizontally within the housing, in such a way that an imagined bending axis of the U-shaped contact spring lies parallel to the plug direction. The horizontal arrangement of the U-shaped contact spring within the housing makes it possible for the socket connector to have a relatively flat structure. A preferred application of such a plug connector unit is within a mobile telephone.

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