Varying diameter canted coil spring contacts and related methods of forming
US8735751B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 23, 2012 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49105
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A contact assembly is disclosed herein with a spring contact located in a housing wherein a plurality of coils of the spring contact are interconnected with one another and all slanted or canted. The coils further have outside diameters of different outside dimensions, such as one section of the spring contact having a larger outside diameter than the other section or sections of the spring contact. When inside the interior cavity of the housing, the first end and the second end are spaced from one another and wherein some of the plurality of coils do not contact the housing. A pin, rod, or shaft is locatable in a passage of the spring contact of the contact assembly but less than all of the coils of the spring contact grip against the exterior surface of the pin, rod or shaft.
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