Connector
US8888506B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignees
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/20
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connector has a contact and a housing. The contact has a fixed portion, a contact portion, a spring portion and a held portion. The spring portion supports the contact portion. The held portion is located between the fixed portion and the spring portion. The housing has a sidewall portion and a bottom portion The sidewall portion is located outward of the spring portion in a predetermined direction and holds the held portion. The bottom portion is located under the spring portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction. The housing has a gap between a lower surface of the spring portion and the bottom portion. The bottom portion and the sidewall portion hide the contact except the fixed portion both when the connector is seen from below along the vertical direction and when the connector is seen from the outside along the predetermined direction.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.