Contact assembly
AssigneeTe Connectivity Japan G.K.
InventorsYuki Tsutsui, Junto Hoshiba
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Abstract
A contact assembly includes a plurality of contacts serving as a socket in a laminated state and a spring. The contacts each have a mating portion forming the socket and a caught portion caught on a caught portion of another one of the contacts in a lamination direction of the contacts. At least two of the contacts adjacent to each other in the lamination direction have electrical continuity with each other via the spring that is compressible in the lamination direction between the caught portion of each of the contacts.
Claims18
A contact assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of contacts serving as a socket in a stacked state, the contacts each have a mating portion forming the socket and a held portion held with a held portion of another one of the contacts in a stacking direction of the contacts;
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- a spring, at least two of the contacts adjacent to each other in the stacking direction have electrical continuity with each other via the spring that is formed in a single piece with the held portion of one of the at least two contacts and is compressible in the stacking direction between the held portion of each of the contacts.
A contact assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of contacts serving as a socket in a stacked state, the contacts each have a mating portion forming the socket and a held portion held with a held portion of another one of the contacts in a stacking direction of the contacts;
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- a spring, at least two of the contacts adjacent to each other in the stacking direction have electrical continuity with each other via the spring that is compressible in the stacking direction between the held portion of each of the contacts, the contacts are held by a fastening element passing through the held portions of the contacts with the spring compressed, a contact group including the plurality of contacts is provided in each of a plurality of positions on a conductor, the contact groups held by the fastening element serve as two or more sockets different in orientation.
A contact assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of contacts serving as a socket in a stacked state, the contacts each have a mating portion forming the socket and a held portion held with a held portion of another one of the contacts in a stacking direction of the contacts;
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- a spring, at least two of the contacts adjacent to each other in the stacking direction have electrical continuity with each other via the spring that is compressible in the stacking direction between the held portion of each of the contacts, the contacts are held by a fastening element passing through the held portions of the contacts with the spring compressed, the spring is one of a plurality of springs of the held portion of each of the contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.