Electrical connectors

• US 3,324,445 A
• Filed: 04/13/1964
• Issued: 06/06/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jack V. Miller
• Original Assignee: Jack V. Miller
• Inventors: Miller, Jack V.
• Application Number:
  US04/359,361
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• US Class Current: 439/329
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/22 Contacts for co-operating by abutting
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/2414 conductive elastomers
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/64 Means for preventing incorrect coupling

Claims

1. AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID INSULATIVE FIRST CONTACT SUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH AND A FIRST ELONGATED CONDUCTIVE PIN LOCATED IN SAID APERTURE, SAID PIN BEING GENERALLY FLUSH WITH A FLAT SURFACE OF THE SUPPORTING MEMBER;

A RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE CONTACT LOCATED GENERALLY IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FIRST PIN;

AN ELASTOMERIC PAD OF GENERALLY FLAT PROPORTIONS, SAID CONDUCTIVE CONTACT BEING PERIPHERALLY SURROUNDED BY AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE ELASTOMERIC PAD TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY FLUSH WITH OPPOSITE FLAT SURFACES OF THE ELASTOMERIC PAD;

A SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID INSULATIVE SECOND CONTACT SUPPORTING MEMBER HAVING AN APERTURE THERETHROUGH AND A SECOND ELONGATED CONDUCTIVE PIN LOCATED IN SAID APERTURE, SAID SECOND PIN BEING GENERALLY FLUSH WITH A FLAT SURFACE OF THE SECOND SUPPORTING MEMBER AND BEING LOCATED GENERALLY IN AXIAL ALIGNMENT WITH SAID CONDUCTIVE CONTACT, CLAMPING MEANS FOR COMPRESSING THE PAD AND CONTACT BETWEEN THE SUPPORTING MEMBERS, THE FIRST SUPPORTING MEMBER, ELASTOMERIC PAD AND SECOND SUPPORTING MEMBER BEING GENERALLY AXIALLY ALIGNED SUCH THAT THE FLUSH SURFACES OF THE TWO PINS COMPRESSABLY CONTACT THE OPPOSITE EXPOSED SURFACES OF THE RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE CONTACT.