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US 11,114,792 B2Granted
Contact and connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics Japan G.K.
InventorYoshihiko Shindo
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Abstract
A contact includes a pair of side walls, a front end upper wall extending from the side walls, a rear end upper wall extending from the side walls, a lance extending in a rearward direction from a rear end of the front end upper wall, and an extension piece extending in the rearward direction from a rear end portion of the lance. The lance has a catch portion at the rear end portion of the lance. The catch portion is caught in a housing when the contact is inserted into the housing. The extension piece is positioned under the rear end upper wall.
Claims22
A contact, comprising:
- a pair of side walls;
- a front end upper wall extending from the side walls;
- a rear end upper wall extending from the side walls;
- a lance extending in a rearward direction from a rear end of the front end upper wall, the lance has a catch portion at a rear end portion of the lance, the catch portion is caught in a housing when the contact is inserted into the housing;
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- an extension piece extending in the rearward direction from the rear end portion of the lance, the extension piece positioned under the rear end upper wall, the extension piece has a folded-back portion folded downward from the rear end portion in a direction lateral to the rear end portion.
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A contact, comprising:
- a pair of side walls;
- a front end upper wall extending from the side walls;
- a rear end upper wall extending from the side walls, the front end upper wall and the rear end upper wall each include a pair of upper walls with a first upper wall and a second upper wall;
- a lance extending in a rearward direction from a rear end of the front end upper wall, the lance has a catch portion at a rear end portion of the lance, the catch portion is caught in a housing when the contact is inserted into the housing, the pair of side walls include a right side wall and a left side wall on opposite sides of the lance;
- and
- an extension piece extending in the rearward direction from the rear end portion of the lance, the extension piece positioned under the rear end upper wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.