Contact and connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics Japan G. K.
InventorsTatsuo Yasui, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Masaaki Iwasaki, Chihiro Hikage
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Abstract
A contact includes a base portion, a cold-weld portion extending upward from the base portion and having a cold-weld slot into which an electric wire is configured to be cold-welded, a trailing portion extending downward by being folded back downward from an upper end of the cold-weld portion, and a contact portion extending from a lower end of the trailing portion. The trailing portion has a press-fitted portion below the cold-weld slot that is press-fitted into the housing. The contact portion makes contact with a mating contact by receiving the mating contact in a space between the contact portion and the base portion.
Claims14
A contact, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a cold-weld portion extending upward from the base portion and having a cold-weld slot into which an electric wire is configured to be cold-welded;
- a trailing portion extending downward by being folded back downward from an upper end of the cold-weld portion, the trailing portion having a press-fitted portion below the cold-weld slot that is press-fitted into a housing;
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- a contact portion extending from a lower end of the trailing portion and making contact with a mating contact by receiving the mating contact in a space between the contact portion and the base portion.
A connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a contact including a base portion, a cold-weld portion extending upward from the base portion and having a cold-weld slot into which an electric wire is configured to be cold-welded, a trailing portion extending downward by being folded back downward from an upper end of the cold-weld portion, the trailing portion having a press-fitted portion below the cold-weld slot that is press-fitted into the housing, and a contact portion extending from a lower end of the trailing portion and making contact with a mating contact by receiving the mating contact in a space between the contact portion and the base portion.
A contact, comprising:
- a base portion;
- a cold-weld portion extending from the base portion and having a cold-weld slot into which an electric wire is configured to be cold-welded;
- a trailing portion folded back and extending from an upper end of the cold-weld portion, the trailing portion having a press-fitted portion that is not aligned with the cold-weld slot;
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- a contact portion extending from a lower end of the trailing portion and making contact with a mating contact by receiving the mating contact in a space between the contact portion and the base portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.