Electric contact and electric component socket
AssigneeEnplas Corporation
InventorTakahiro Oda
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Abstract
An electric contact having a contact resistance that is hardly increased even if the electric contact is repeatedly used for a long period of time. A base material of an electric contact is provided with a first contact part that is in contact with a first electrode of a first electric component, a second contact part that is in contact with a second electrode of a second electric component, and a spring part that presses the first contact part to the first electrode, and a wear-resistant contact point film is formed on a distal end portion of the first contact part. Furthermore, a highly conductive film is formed between a region of the wear-resistant contact point film and a distal end portion of the second contact part in the base material.
Claims19
An electric contact that electrically connects a first electrode provided in a first electric component and a second electrode provided in a second electric component, the electric contact comprising:
- a base material that has a first contact part that is in contact with the first electrode of the first electric component, a second contact part that is in contact with the second electrode of the second electric component, and a spring part that brings the first contact part into contact with the first electrode of the first electric component by a predetermined contact pressure, wherein the base material is made from a springy wire material;
- a wear-resistant contact point film that is formed only on a distal end portion of the first contact part on the springy wire material of the base material and has a higher wear resistance than the springy wire material of the base material;
- and
- a highly conductive film that is formed on the springy wire material of the base material between a distal end portion of the second contact part and a region where the wear-resistant contact point film is formed and the highly conductive film has a smaller electric resistance than the springy wire material of the base material.
An electric component socket, comprising:
- a plate;
- a plurality of electric contacts each of which has a contact part that is inserted into a corresponding plate insertion hole of the plate, and is in contact with an electrode of an electric component;
- and
- an elastomer sheet that is provided to the plate so as to face the electrode of the electric component, wherein
- the elastomer sheet includes sheet insertion holes each to insert the electric contact therethrough,
- the electric contact includes a pressure receiving portion that receives a pressing force of the elastomer sheet to bring the contact part into contact with the electrode of the electric component at a predetermined contact pressure, and
- the elastomer sheet is elastically deformed to press the pressure receiving portion so that the electric contact is in contact with the electrode of the electric component by the pressing force.
An electric component socket, comprising:
- a first plate that houses a first electric component;
- a second plate that is disposed to face a second electric component;
- and
- a plurality of electric contacts each of which includes:
- a first contact part that is inserted into a first insertion hole in the first plate to be in contact with a first electrode of the first electric component;
- a second contact part that is inserted into a second insertion hole in the second plate to be in contact with a second electrode of the second electric component;
- and
- a spring part that brings the first contact part into contact with the first electrode of the first electric component,
- wherein
- the first contact part of the electric contact is in contact with the first electrode of the first electric component by a contact pressure generated by the spring part,
- the second plate includes an elastomer sheet provided to face the second electrode of the second electric component,
- the elastomer sheet includes sheet insertion holes each to insert the electric contact therethrough,
- the electric contact includes a pressure receiving portion that receives a pressing force of the elastomer sheet to bring the second contact part into contact with the electrode of the electric component at a predetermined contact pressure, and
- the elastomer sheet is elastically deformed to press the pressure receiving portion so that the electric contact is in contact with the electrode of the electric component by the pressing force.
An electric component socket, comprising:
- a first plate that houses a first electric component;
- a second plate that is disposed to face a second electric component;
- and
- an electric contact that includes:
- a first contact part that is inserted into a first insertion hole in the first plate to be in contact with a first electrode of the first electric component;
- a second contact part that is inserted into a second insertion hole in the second plate to be in contact with a second electrode of the second electric component;
- and
- a spring part that is provided between the first contact part and the second contact part,
- wherein
- the electric contact is an electric contact that electrically connects a first electrode provided in the first electric component and a second electrode provided in the second electric component, the electric contact including:
- a base material that has,
- the first contact part that is in contact with the first electrode of the first electric component,
- the second contact part that is in contact with the second electrode of the second electric component, and
- the spring part that brings the first contact part into contact with the first electrode of the first electric component by a predetermined contact pressure, wherein the base material is made from a springy wire material;
- a wear-resistant contact point film that is formed only on a distal end portion of the first contact part on the springy wire material of the base material and has a higher wear resistance than the springy wire material of the base material;
- and
- a highly conductive film that is formed on the springy wire material of the base material between a distal end portion of the second contact part and a region where the wear-resistant contact point film is formed and the highly conductive film has a smaller electric resistance than the springy wire material of the base material,
- the first contact part of the electric contact is in contact with the first electrode of the first electric component by a contact pressure generated by the spring part, and
- the second contact part of the electric contact includes an L-shaped contact point formed by bending a distal end portion of the second contact part in a substantially L-shape so that a bent portion of the L-shaped contact point is in contact with the second electrode of the second electric component by being pressed by a contact pressure generated by the spring part.
An electric component socket, comprising:
- a first plate that houses a first electric component;
- a second plate that has elasticity and is disposed to face a second electric component;
- and
- an electric contact that includes:
- a first contact part that is inserted into a first insertion hole in the first plate to be in contact with a first electrode of the first electric component;
- a second contact part that is inserted into a second insertion hole in the second plate to be in contact with a second electrode of the second electric component;
- and
- a spring part that is provided between the first contact part and the second contact part, wherein
- the first contact part of the electric contact is in contact with the first electrode of the first electric component by a contact pressure generated by the spring part, and
- the second contact part of the electric contact includes an L-shaped contact point formed by bending a distal end portion of the second contact part in a substantially L-shape so that a bent portion of the L-shaped contact point is in contact with the second electrode of the second electric component by being pressed by a pressing force followed by a deformation of the second plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.