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Connector for reed switch or similar electrical component

  • US 5,026,305 A
  • Filed: 06/28/1990
  • Issued: 06/25/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector for connecting first and second external conductors to first and second leads which extend from an electrical component, the component comprising a component body having opposite component body ends, the first and second leads extending from the component body ends, the connector comprising:

  • a connector body and first and second contact members,the connector body having first and second connector body ends and a component receiving cavity which is between the connector body ends, first and second lead receiving channels extending from the cavity towards the first and second connector body ends, first and second contact recesses extending into the connector body and intersecting the first and second channels,each of the contact members having a lead contacting portion at one end, an external conductor contacting portion at the other end, and an intermediate portion extending between its ends, the lead contacting portions being in the first and second contact recesses, the intermediate portions extending from the lead contacting portion to the external conductor contacting portions at a location proximate to the first end whereby,upon placement of the component in the cavity and placement of the first and second leads in the first and second channels, the first and second leads will be connected to the first and second contact members, and the first and second external conductors can thereafter be connected to the external conductor contacting portions of the first and second contact members,characterized in that the component is a reed switch,the first and second contact recesses are spaced from the cavity by the same distance whereby electrical contact between the first and second leads and the lead contacting portions of the first and second contact members is established at the same distance from the first and second component body ends, andthe connector body has first and second ends for storing the excess portions of the first and second leads which extend beyond the first and second contact recesses.

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