Invention Application
- Patent Title: Electrical connector
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Application No.: US11029231Application Date: 2005-01-04
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Publication No.: US20050118890A1Publication Date: 2005-06-02
- Inventor: David Mendenhall , Hecham Elkhatib , Richard Miklinski
- Applicant: David Mendenhall , Hecham Elkhatib , Richard Miklinski
- Applicant Address: US IL Lombard
- Assignee: Cinch Connectors, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cinch Connectors, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Lombard
- Main IPC: H01R4/48
- IPC: H01R4/48 ; H01R12/04 ; H01R12/22 ; H01R13/24 ; H01R33/74

Abstract:
Provided is an electrical connector having first and second surfaces and configured to establish electrical communication between two or more electrical devices. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a resilient, conductive contact retained in an aperture disposed from the first surface to the second surface. To contact the electrical devices, the contact includes a center portion from which extends two diverging, cantilevered spring arms that project beyond either surface of the electrical connector. To shorten the path that current must travel through the contact, one spring arm terminates in a bellows leg that extends proximate to the second spring arm. When placed between the electrical devices, the spring arms are deflected together causing the bellows leg to press against the second spring arm. For retaining the contact within the aperture, the contact also includes retention members extending from the center portion that engage the insulative housing.
Public/Granted literature
- US07261567B2 Electrical connector Public/Granted day:2007-08-28
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