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One-piece, controlled insertion force, elastic socket type contact

US7497742B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 11, 2007
Grant dateMar 3, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 11, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/111
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A one-piece, controlled insertion force, elastic socket type contact 7 for electrical connectors, including a rear part 11 in the form of a rod defining a first cylindrical zone A and a tubular front part 12 including a second cylindrical zone C extending the rear part open in the forward direction and divided up by slots 13 into elastic beams 14, a spindle-shaped end zone D in which the thickness of the beams 14 gradually decreases in the direction of the open end 15 of the tubular part 12 which further includes a cylindrical segment B divided up by slots 13 into at least two elastic beams 14 which has a cone frustum-shaped zone on its outer surface 16.

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