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US 2008/0286992 A1Published application
Battery contact
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorYung-Yu Tai
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Abstract
A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an opposite end of the corrugated portion. The corrugated portion may define a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first and second surfaces may have a width. The corrugated portion may also have a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. A plurality of corrugations may be formed in the third and fourth surfaces of the corrugated portion.
Claims24
A compressible electrical contact comprising:
- a corrugated portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a tail portion extending from the first end of the corrugated portion;
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- a nose portion extending from the second end of the corrugated portion;
- wherein (i) the electrical contact is stamped from a sheet of electrically-conductive material, the sheet having a thickness, (ii) the corrugated portion defines a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, (iii) each of the first and second surfaces has a respective width that is defined by the thickness of the sheet of electrically-conductive material, (iv) the corrugated portion defines a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces, and a fourth surface, opposite the third surface, also extending between the first and second surfaces, (v) each of the third and fourth surfaces has a width that is greater than the widths of the first and second surfaces, and (vi) a plurality of corrugations are formed in the third and fourth surfaces.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing that defines an aperture;
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- a compressible electrical contact disposed in the aperture of the housing, the contact comprising (i) a corrugated portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- (ii) a tail portion extending from the first end of the corrugated portion;
- and (iv) a nose portion extending from the second end of the corrugated portion, the nose portion having an upper portion and a lower portion separated from the upper portion by a distance;
- wherein (i) the corrugated portion defines a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, (ii) each of the first and second surfaces has a respective width, (iii) the corrugated portion defines a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces, and a fourth surface, opposite the third surface, also extending between the first and second surfaces, (iv) each of the third and fourth surfaces has a width that is greater than the widths of the first and second surfaces and greater than the distance between the upper and lower portions of the nose, and (v) a plurality of corrugations are formed in the third and fourth surfaces.
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A method for making a compressible electrical contact, the method comprising:
- (a) stamping a shaped piece from a sheet of electrically-conductive material having a thickness;
- (b) forming a corrugated portion defining a first end and a second end;
- (c) forming a tail portion at the first end of the corrugated portion;
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- (d) forming a nose portion at the second end of the corrugated portion;
- wherein (i) the corrugated portion defines a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, (ii) each of the first and second surfaces has a respective width that is defined by the thickness of the sheet of electrically-conductive material, (iii) the corrugated portion defines a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces, and a fourth surface, opposite the third surface, also extending between the first and second surfaces, (iv) each of the third and fourth surfaces has a width that is greater than the widths of the first and second surfaces, and (v) a plurality of corrugations are formed in the third and fourth surfaces.
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A compressible electrical contact comprising:
- a corrugated portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a tail portion extending from the first end of the corrugated portion;
- and
- a nose portion extending from the second end of the corrugated portion, wherein the nose portion defines a body disposed between a pair of rounded perimeters, and one of the perimeters lies along a plane;
- wherein the corrugated portion includes a surface having corrugations formed therein, and the corrugations extend in a direction parallel to the plane.
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A compressible electrical contact comprising:
- a corrugated portion defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end;
- a tail portion extending from the first end of the corrugated portion;
- and
- a nose portion extending from the second end of the corrugated portion;
- wherein the corrugated portion includes a pair of spaced-apart and substantially u-shaped walls, and a corrugated surface extending along a distance so as to connect between the u-shaped walls, such that the u-shaped walls define a thickness extending along a direction normal to the corrugated surface, and the distance is greater than the thickness of the u-shaped walls along an entirety of the corrugated surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.