Electrical connector having a cam slide contact lifter
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorTerrance F. Little
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a mating cavity; a row of upper contacts and a row of lower contacts secured in the insulative housing, the row of upper contacts and the row of lower contacts having respective contacting portions exposed to the mating cavity; a lifter operable relative to the insulative housing to move the row of lower contacts upwardly; and a pair of springs arranged at intervals. The insulating housing forms a pair of holes for accommodating the pair of springs. The lifter has a pair of posts extending into the pair of holes to interact with the pair of springs.
Claims6
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing having a mating cavity;
- a plurality of contacts including a row of upper contacts and a row of lower contacts secured in the insulative housing, the row of upper contacts and the row of lower contacts having respective contacting portions exposed to the mating cavity;
- a lifter operable relative to the insulative housing to move the row of lower contacts upwardly;
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- an elastic member for biasing the lifter upon operated;
- wherein the elastic member comprises a pair of springs arranged at intervals, the insulating housing forms a pair of holes for accommodating the pair of springs, and the lifter has a pair of posts extending into the pair of holes to interact with the pair of springs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.