CONTACT MEMBER FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

• US 3,564,487 A
• Filed: 02/03/1969
• Issued: 02/16/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ITT Corporation (ITT, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bruce K. Arnold, Harlan R. Upstone
• Inventors: Upstone, Harlan R., Arnold, Bruce K.
• Application Number:
  US04/796,083
• Time in Patent Office: 743 Days
• US Class Current: 439/843
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/111 co-operating with pins having a circular transverse section

Abstract

THE DISCLOSURE RELATES TO A SOCKET CONTACT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING AN ELONGATED CONTACT BODY WITH REARWARDLY TERMINATING MEANS AND HAVING A TUBULAR FORWARD PORTION. THE TUBULAR FORWARD PORTION CONTAINING A FORWARD OPENING LONGITUDINAL SLOT THEREIN HAS SPRING CONTACT FINGERS HAVING THEIR ROOTS AT THE REAR END OF THE SLOT. A SLEEVE IS PROVIDED ABOVE SAID FINGERS AND SECURED PROXIMATE THEIR ROOTS THEREOF. THE TERMINATING MEANS, THE

SPRING FINGERS, AND THE SLEEVE MEANS ARE EACH MADE OF MATERIAL WHICH PROVIDES THE DESIRED PERFORMANCE PARAMETER OF THAT PARTICULAR COMPONENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THE SPRING FINGERS UTILIZE MATERIAL WHICH HAS GOOD SPRING CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL AS MAXIMUM CONDUCTIVITY. THE TERMINATING MEANS MAY BE FORMED OF A MATERIAL WHICH IS READILY CRIMPABLE.

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