US 10,418,728 B2Granted

Connector

AssigneeTyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

InventorsXiaozhi Fu, Ming Shi, Xiang Xu, Wei Zhang, Cui Li

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Abstract

A connector having a contact made of metal, and comprises a pair of elastic arms adapted to clamp a conductor of a wire, so as to electrically contact the conductor. A first release structure is on one of the pair of elastic arms and a second release structure, facing the first release structure, is on the other of the pair of elastic arms. A wedge channel is defined between the first release structure and the second release structure when the conductor is clamped between the pair of elastic arms and the wedge channel gradually widens toward free ends of the pair of elastic arms. The pair of elastic arms are adapted to be expanded away from each other by inserting an external tool into the wedge channel, so as to release the clamped conductor, improving the use convenience of the connector.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A connector comprising a contact made of metal and having a pair of elastic arms that clamp a conductor of a wire to bring the contact into electrical contact with the conductor, the contact having:

a first elastic arm having a first release structure;
a second elastic arm having a second release structure facing the first release structure and defining with the first release structure a wedge channel that gradually widens toward the free ends of the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm when the conductor is clamped between the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm;
and
a pair of connection arms at both sides of the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm, one end of each of the pair of connection arms is connected to one of the elastic arms, and the other end of each of the pair of connection arms has a soldering part adapted to be soldered on one surface of a circuit board, and the contact is soldered on the one surface of the circuit board, the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm and the pair of connection arms pass through the circuit board and protrude from the other surface of the circuit board opposite to the one surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/026,700Filed 3 Jul 2018
Priority: CN 2017 2 0804698 U5 Jul 2017
Published: US 2019/0013599 A110 Jan 2019
Granted: 17 Sep 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

H01R 4/5083
Utilising a cam, wedge, cone or ball also combined with a screw: using a wedge
H01R 4/4823
The spring shape allowing insertion of the conductor end when the spring is unbiased: multiblade spring
H01R 4/4826
The spring shape allowing insertion of the conductor end when the spring is unbiased: and having a hole for the conductor, e.g. a wire, passing…
H01R 4/5033
Utilising a cam, wedge, cone or ball also combined with a screw: using wedge or pin penetrating into the end of a wire in axial direction of the wire