Contact for circuit board socket
First Claim
1. A contact for a circuit board socket comprising:
- a planar conductor including an elongated base having spaced ends;
a fulcrum leg formed on and extending outwardly from one end of the base, and having a cut-out space extending from its outermost edge to the inside middle portion of the base so as to make the fulcrum leg more flexible;
a contact leg formed on and extending outwardly from the other end of the base, and having first and second parallel and spaced beam sections, a cut-out space extending between said first and second parallel and spaced apart planar beam sections, the ends of the beam sections remote from the base being joined and the cutout space extending to the middle portion of the base but not communicating with the cut-out space of the fulcrum leg.
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Abstract
A contact for circuit board socket includes a planar conductor having an elongated base with oppositely spaced ends. A fulcrum leg is formed on one end of the base and has a cut-out space extending from outermost edge to the inside middle portion of the base so as to make the fulcrum leg more flexible. A contact leg is formed on the other end of the base and has a cut-out space extending lengthwise thereof between first and second parallel and spaced apart planar beam sections. The end of the base sections remote from the base are joined and the cut-out space extends to the middle portion of the base but does not communicate with that of the fulcrum leg. The conductor furthermore provides a stop means at the side of the contact leg, which cooperates with a similar stop means at the outer portion of the fulcrum leg to form a pair of stop means. The pair of stop means function to protect the contact from excess deformation, and to provide a holding portion to cooperate with a specific tool when the contact is inserted into a socket by the tool.
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16 Claims
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1. A contact for a circuit board socket comprising:
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a planar conductor including an elongated base having spaced ends; a fulcrum leg formed on and extending outwardly from one end of the base, and having a cut-out space extending from its outermost edge to the inside middle portion of the base so as to make the fulcrum leg more flexible; a contact leg formed on and extending outwardly from the other end of the base, and having first and second parallel and spaced beam sections, a cut-out space extending between said first and second parallel and spaced apart planar beam sections, the ends of the beam sections remote from the base being joined and the cutout space extending to the middle portion of the base but not communicating with the cut-out space of the fulcrum leg. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A contact for a circuit board socket adapted to be inserted into the socket from above the socket by an appropriate tool, comprising a base having opposite end portions;
- a contact leg and a fulcrum leg extending integrally from the base; and
a pair of stop means formed on said opposite end portions of the base and extending from the base in the same direction as said contact leg and said fulcrum leg and in the same plane therewith whereby destructive flexure of said contact leg and fulcrum leg is prevented by said stop means, said pair of stop means functioning also as a holding portion to cooperate with the appropriate tool when the contact is inserted into the socket from above by said tool. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
- a contact leg and a fulcrum leg extending integrally from the base; and
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