Electrical connector
First Claim
1. An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing, the housing including a cavity and an insertion opening, the insertion opening communicating with the cavity, the cavity including a slot; and
a contact, the contact mounted to the housing, the contact including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a body portion, the first contact portion having a retention member, the first contact portion being insertable into the insertion opening of the housing, the retention member engageable with the cavity of the housing, the first contact portion of the contact is generally circular-shaped and has a protrusion, and the protrusion being insertable into the slot of the housing.
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Abstract
An electrical connector is disclosed which includes a plurality of contacts mounted to a housing. The contact includes a first contact portion, a body portion, and a second contact portion. The first contact portion includes a tongue and a pair of retention members. The second contact portion can be bifurcated. The housing includes a plurality of insertion openings which each communicate with a respective cavity. Each cavity includes a pair of side walls, a pair of guide fins, an aperture communicating with a first surface of the housing, a seat, a support, and a slot. The first contact portions of the contacts are retentively engaged with the housing and are disposed in the respective cavities. The electrical connector can be used in an electrical device, such as, a sensor, for example. The electrical device can be mated to another electrical component.
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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a housing, the housing including a cavity and an insertion opening, the insertion opening communicating with the cavity, the cavity including a slot; and
a contact, the contact mounted to the housing, the contact including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a body portion, the first contact portion having a retention member, the first contact portion being insertable into the insertion opening of the housing, the retention member engageable with the cavity of the housing, the first contact portion of the contact is generally circular-shaped and has a protrusion, and the protrusion being insertable into the slot of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electrical connector comprising
a housing, the housing including a cavity and an insertion opening, the insertion opening communicating with the cavity, the cavity including a slot; - and
a contact, the contact mounted to the housing, the contact including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a body portion that is generally C-shaped, the first contact portion having a retention member, the first contact portion being insertable into the insertion opening of the housing, the retention member engageable with the cavity of the housing, the first contact portion of the contact having a protrusion, and the protrusion being insertable into the slot of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30)
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26. An electrical connector comprising:
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a housing, the housing including a cavity and an insertion opening, the insertion opening communicating with the cavity, the cavity including a slot; and
a contact, the contact mounted to the housing, the contact including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a body portion, the first contact portion having a retention member, the first contact portion being insertable into the insertion opening of the housing, the retention member engageable with the cavity of the housing, the first contact portion of the contact having a protrusion, and the protrusion being insertable into the slot of the housing, the second contact portion of the contact has a slot defining a bifurcated contact surface with a pair of arms. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An electrical connector comprising:
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a housing, the housing including a cavity, a cylinder, and an insertion opening, the insertion opening communicating with the cavity, the cavity including a slot; and
a contact, the contact mounted to the housing, the contact including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a body portion, the first contact portion having a retention member, the first contact portion being insertable into the insertion opening of the housing, the retention member engageable with the cavity of the housing, the first contact portion of the contact having a protrusion, and the protrusion being insertable into the slot of the housing, the compressive deflection of the contact being selectively limited by the cylinder of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. An electrical contact comprising:
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a first contact portion, the first contact portion having a retention member and a protrusion, the protrusion of the first contact portion being a tongue, the tongue being disposed on an insertion end of the first contact portion and opposing a necked area of the first contact portion;
a second contact portion; and
a resiliently flexible body portion, the body portion disposed between the first contact portion and the second contact portion, the body portion of the contact being generally C-shaped. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. An electrical connector comprising:
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a housing, the housing including a cavity and an insertion opening, the insertion opening communicating with the cavity, and the cavity including a seat and a support which both span between a pair of side walls of the cavity; and
a contact, the contact mounted to the housing, the contact including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a body portion, the first contact portion having a retention member, the first contact portion being insertable into the insertion opening of the housing, the retention member engageable with the cavity of the housing;
wherein the seat and the support are offset from each other such that the first contact portion of the contact can fit therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. An electrical connector comprising:
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a housing, the housing including a cavity and an insertion opening, the insertion opening communicating with the cavity, and the cavity including a seat and a support which both span between a pair of side walls of the cavity; and
a contact, the contact mounted to the housing, the contact including a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a body portion, the first contact portion being insertable into the insertion opening of the housing;
wherein the seat and the support are offset from each other such that the first contact portion of the contact can fit therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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Specification