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Electrical connector with double torsion contacts

  • US 4,863,394 A
  • Filed: 04/13/1988
  • Issued: 09/05/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical connector, of thin blade construction for removably accepting a contact pin or the like comprising:

  • a contact section at one end of the connector and a planar section connected to said contact section, said section being substantially aligned along a common longitudinal axis thereto said contact section having a slit along its longitudinal axis forming a pair of torsion blades, said torsion blades being arranged to define an opening in the contact section of said connector, said opening being formed by opposed beveled portions on each of said torsion blades, said torsion blades having opposed indentations that define a contact pin engaging aperture, said opening being sized to permit insertion of a contact pin along the axis of said slit, said torsion blades having opposed bevel portions angled in a V-shaped, whereby the planes of said torsion blades and said planar section are angled toward each other at a point below said opening which permit said blades to twist about the longitudinal axis of said slit when a contact pin is inserted between said blades thereby exerting torsional forces on said contact pin to reliably maintain the contact pin in engagement with said blades, said connector also having a U-shaped mounting section connected to said planar section.

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