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US 2003/0068931 A1Published application
Radially resilient electrical connector and method of making the same
AssigneeAmphenol Corporation
InventorsDean D. Swearingen, Judith J. Swearingen
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Abstract
A radially resilient electrical connector includes a cylindrical sleeve with spaced notches at one end circumferentially offset from or axially aligned with spaced notches at an opposed second end. A contact member has ends on contact strips engaged with the notches at the ends of the sleeve to axially offset the ends of the contact strips from each other and to form each contact strip into a hyperbolic shape. The ends of the contact strips are fixedly mounted in the notches.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing an electrical connector comprising the steps of:
- forming a cylindrical sleeve with first and second ends;
- forming alternating notches and projections on at least one of the first and second ends of the sleeve;
- forming a cylindrical contact member with a plurality of spaced contact strips extending between first and second ends;
- inserting the contact member into the sleeve with the first ends of the contact member engaging the notches at the first end of the cylindrical sleeve;
- circumferentially offsetting the second ends of the contact member from the first ends of the contact member, engaging the offset second ends of the contact members into the notches in the second end of the cylindrical sleeve;
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- fixing the first and second ends of the contact member to the cylindrical sleeve.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a cylindrical sleeve having first and second, opposed, axially spaced ends;
- circumferentially spaced, alternating notches and projections formed in each of the first and second ends;
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- a contact member coaxially received in the sleeve, the contact member including a plurality of circumferentially-spaced strips, each having first and second ends, the first and second ends immovably fixed in the notches at the first and second ends of the cylindrical sleeve, respectively, with the first ends of the contact member being circumferentially offset from the second ends of the contact member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.