Female contact and mating structure of contacts
AssigneesTyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsDaiji Hotta, Seiji Komatsu, Masahiro Imanishi
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Abstract
A female contact and a mating structure in which the female contact mates with a male contact. The female contact has first and second elastic arms that are connected together. The first elastic arm has a first dummy contact point and a first actual contact point rearward of the first dummy contact point and has a smaller protrusion than the first dummy contact point. The second elastic arm has a second dummy contact point and a second actual contact point rearward of the second dummy contact point and has a smaller protrusion amount than the second dummy contact point.
Claims20
A female contact comprising:
- a first elastic arm extending from a rear end side toward a front end side and including:
- (a) a first dummy contact point on the front end side, and
- (b) a first actual contact point rearward of the first dummy contact point and having a smaller protrusion than the first dummy contact point;
- and
- a second elastic arm extending from a rear end side toward a front end side, connected to the first elastic arm, and including:
- (a) a second dummy contact point on the front end side, and
- (b) a second actual contact point rearward of the second dummy contact point and having a smaller protrusion than the second dummy contact point.
A mating structure of contacts comprising:
- a female contact comprising:
- (a) a first elastic arm extending from a rear end side toward a front end side and including:
- (1) a first dummy contact point on the front end side, and
- (2) a first actual contact point rearward of the first dummy contact point and having a smaller protrusion than the first dummy contact point;
- and
- (b) a second elastic arm extending from a rear end side toward a front end side, connected to the first elastic arm, and including:
- (1) a second dummy contact point on the front end side, and
- (2) a second actual contact point rearward of the second dummy contact point and having a smaller protrusion than the second dummy contact point;
- and
- a male contact that is sandwiched between the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm and has an engagement portion with which the first dummy contact point and the second dummy contact point of the female contact are engaged in a state where the male contact is mated with the female contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.