Electrical connector grid anchor and method of making the same
AssigneeKonneKtech, Ltd.
InventorsDean D. Swearingen, Judith J. Swearingen
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Abstract
An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electrical contact with the housing in the angularly offset position by an internal end anchor and an external end anchor. In one aspect, detents are formed in at least one of the contact strips to engage a complimentary recess in a conductive member insertable into the bore and contact to releasably retain the conductive member in the housing.
Claims72
A method of manufacturing an electrical connector for connecting first and second conductive elements, the method comprising the steps of:
- forming a cylindrical contact with a plurality of spaced contact strips, each having first and second ends extending between opposite ends of the contact;
- inserting the contact through an open first end of the bore to a second end of the bore;
- disposing a member in the bore;
- fixing the member with respect to the second end of the bore to stationarily position the second ends of the contact strips in electrical contact with the housing;
- angularly offsetting the first and second ends of each contact strip from each other;
- and
- fixing the first ends of the contact strips in the angularly offset position to form each contact strip in a hyperbolic profile between the first and second ends.
An electrical connector for connecting first and second conductive elements, the electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a bore extending from a first end of the housing to a second end;
- a contact formed of a plurality of elongated contact strips mounted in the bore in the housing through the first end, the contact having first and second ends wherein the first and second ends are angularly offset to form each contact strip in a hyperbolic shape between the first and second ends;
- external end anchor means for fixedly connecting the first ends of the contact to the first end of the housing;
- and
- internal anchor means for fixedly connecting the second ends of the contact internally within the bore of the housing.
The electrical connector of claim 88 further comprising:
- a second bore of smaller diameter than the bore in the housing formed through the second end of the housing;
- and wherein
- the member is disposed through the smaller diameter bore at the second end of the housing, the member having a portion extending into the bore in the housing extending from the first end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.