Multiple twist receptacle pin and the connector using the same
OwnerAlan R. Macdougall, Howard Ouinventors
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Abstract
A multiple twist receptacle contact comprises a compliant conductor portion substantially extending along a vertical direction for forcible engaging within a plated hole of an external printed circuit board. An intermediate portion is connected to the compliant conductor portion. A contacting portion comprises a relatively wide plate from which a pair of resilient arms extends and each resilient arm has a first twist section connected to a second twist section, wherein the first twist section is twisted with respect to an axis of the resilient arm a first angle and the second twist section is twisted with respect to the axis of the resilient arm a second angle.
Claims18
A multiple twist receptacle contact comprising:
- a compliant conductor portion substantially extending along a vertical direction for forcible engaging within a plated hole of an external printed circuit board;
- an intermediate portion connected to the compliant conductor portion;
- a contacting portion comprising a relatively wide plate from which a pair of resilient arms extends and each resilient arm has a first twist section connected to a second twist section, wherein the first twist section is twisted with respect to an axis of the resilient arm at a first angle and the second twist section is twisted with respect to the axis of the resilient arm at a second angle.
An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing defines rows of passageways and a plurality of webs each containing a plurality of contacts partially retained therein and partially extending out from adjacent sides of the webs, wherein each of the contacts comprises a compliant conductor portion substantially extending along a vertical direction out of the web for forcible engaging within a plated hole of an external printed circuit board, an intermediate portion connected to the compliant conductor portion and retained in the web, and a contacting portion extending out of the web along a horizontal direction and received in a corresponding passageway of the housing, the contacting portion comprising a relatively wide plate from which a pair of resilient arms extends and each resilient arm has a first twist section connected to a second twist section, and wherein the first twist section is twisted with respect to an axis of the resilient arm a first angle and the second twist section is twisted with respect to the axis of the resilient arm a second angle.
A multiple twist receptacle contact comprising:
- a conductor portion for engagement with an external device;
- an intermediate portion connected to said compliant conductor portion;
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- a contacting portion connected to said intermediate portion and comprising a pair of resilient arms;
- wherein each of said resilient arms includes a plurality of twist sections spaced from one another with a relatively significant distance and a sum of twisted angles performed by the respective twist sections is generally 90 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.