Flexing poke home contact
AssigneeAVX Corporation
InventorNorman C. Huntley
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Abstract
An electrical contact for use in connecting electrical wires is disclosed. The electrical contact includes a cage-like structure, a wire connecting portion, and a flexing contact portion. The cage-like structure includes a plurality of sidewalls and is configured to receive a wire. The wire connecting contact portion includes at least two contact tines that are configured to conductively couple with a corresponding wire. The flexing contact portion includes an end wall, an elastic portion, an extension portion, and a nose portion. The flexing contact portion can store elastic energy and apply a force to a corresponding electrical component.
Claims20
An electrical contact comprising:
- a wire inlet portion;
- a wire connecting portion connected to the wire inlet portion, the wire connecting portion comprising a first contact tine and a second contact tine that define a pinch-point;
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- a flexing contact portion connected to the wire connecting portion, the flexing contact portion comprising:
- an end wall;
- an elastic portion extending from the end wall toward the wire inlet portion;
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- an extension portion extending from the elastic portion.
A system comprising:
- an electrical contact comprising:
- a wire inlet portion;
- a wire connecting portion comprising:
- a first contact tine extending from the wire inlet portion;
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- a second contact tine extending from the wire inlet portion to define a pinch-point between the first contact tine and the second contact tine;
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- a flexing contact portion connected to the wire connecting portion, wherein the flexing contact portion comprises an extension portion that is cantilevered over at least a portion of the wire connecting portion;
- a printed circuit board connected to the electrical contact;
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- an electrical component comprising a contact pad, wherein the flexing contact portion is conductively coupled to the contact pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.