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US 10,651,584 B2Granted
Low profile electrical connector
AssigneeFoxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorShuo-Hsiu Hsu
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive contacts retained in the insulative housing, each contact has a first body, a resilient arm extending upwardly and obliquely from an upper side of the first body, a soldering section extending downwardly from a lower side of the first body, and a second body extending from a lateral side of the first body in an oblique direction and having a retention section formed on an outer lateral side thereof opposite to the first body. The housing forms a receiving cavity for receiving both the first body and the second body, and a retention slot for receiving the retention section.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining opposite top and bottom wall in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contact receiving passageways formed in the housing, each of said contact receiving passageways including a receiving cavity and a retention slot communicating with each other;
- and
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding contact receiving passageways, respectively, each of said contacts including unitarily a first body and a second body transversely connected to and obliquely angled with each other when viewed in the vertical direction and commonly received within the corresponding receiving cavity, and a retention section unitarily extending from an outer lateral side edge of the second body, transversely spaced from and opposite to the first body, and received within the corresponding retention slot in an interference fit;
- wherein
- said retention section extends in a plane which is angled with regard to the second body when viewed in the vertical direction;
- wherein
- a resilient arm extends from an upper side of the first body with a contacting section thereof;
- wherein
- the second body constantly abuts against an interior surface of the receiving cavity opposite to said retention section;
- wherein
- the retention section is equipped with barbed structures only on an outer lateral side edge thereof opposite to the second body for engagement within the retention slot.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining opposite top and bottom wall in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contact receiving passageways formed in the housing, each of said contact receiving passageways including a receiving cavity and a retention slot communicating with each other;
- and
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding contact receiving passageways, respectively, each of said contacts including unitarily a first body and a second body transversely connected to and obliquely angled with each other when viewed in the vertical direction and commonly received within the corresponding receiving cavity, and a retention section unitarily extending from an outer lateral side edge of the second body and snugly and compliantly received within the corresponding retention slot in an interference fit;
- wherein
- the second body constantly abuts against an interior surface of the receiving cavity so as to cooperate with the retention section to retain the contact in the contact receiving passageway while the first body is spaced from any interior surface of the receiving cavity when the contact is in a relaxed manner;
- wherein
- a resilient arm extends from the first body with a contacting section thereof;
- wherein
- said retention section is transversely spaced and extending away from and opposite to the first body;
- wherein
- said retention section forms a curved structure joined with the outer lateral side edge of the second body viewed in the vertical direction.
9 more elements
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining opposite top and bottom wall in a vertical direction;
- a plurality of contact receiving passageways formed in the housing, each of said contact receiving passageways including a receiving cavity and a retention slot communicating with each other;
- and
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding contact receiving passageways, respectively, each of said contacts including unitarily a first body and a second body transversely connected to and obliquely angled with each other when viewed in the vertical direction and commonly received within the corresponding receiving cavity, a retention section unitarily extending from an outer lateral side edge of the second body, transversely spaced and extending away from and opposite to the first body, and snugly and compliantly received within the corresponding retention slot in an interference fit, and an abutting tab unitarily extending from said outer lateral side edge of the second body;
- wherein
- said retention section and said abutting tab extend in two different planes;
- wherein
- said abutting tab extends coplanar with the second body while said retention section extends in the plane which is angled with the second body.
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