Electrical connector with depressible contact stably retained
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorYu Zhu
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Abstract
An electrical connector (1) comprises a dielectric housing (2) and a plurality of conductive contacts (3). The dielectric housing (2) comprises a plurality of contact passages (20) having retaining means (206) therein. Each conductive contact (3) comprises a retaining portion (30) engaging corresponding the contact passage (20) and a resiliently depressible contacting portion (34). When inserting, the conductive contact (3) is respectively inserted in the contact passages (20) along an inserting direction while the retaining portion (30) along a first path, the contacting portion (34) along a second path, but the retaining means (206) is not on the first path and second path and engages the inserted conductive contact (2).
Claims17
An electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing comprising a plurality of contact passages having retaining means therein, each said contact passage comprises a pair of opposite lateral walls, wherein said retaining means comprises protrusions respectively protruding from said pair of lateral walls, and the distance between the lateral walls is longer than the distance between the protrusions;
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- a plurality of conductive contacts respectively secured in said contact passages, each contact comprising a retaining portion engaging corresponding said contact passage and a resiliently depressible contacting portion partially exposed out of said dielectric housing;
- said retaining portion and contacting portion of the same conductive contact are in a common plane parallel to said lateral walls;
- said retaining means engaging the conductive contact on a portion none of the retaining portion and the contacting portion.
The electrical connector as described in claim 2, wherein said retaining means is adjacent to said retaining portion of said conductive contact.
The electrical connector as described in claim 3, wherein said retaining portion of said conductive contact comprises two retaining sections defining a space therebetween, said contacting portion of said conductive contact comprise at least two curves disposed in said space between said two retaining section.
The electrical connector as described in claim 4, wherein said dielectric housing comprises a partition in each contact passage to defining a separate retaining passage in said contact passage, said retaining section of each said conductive contact respectively engages said retaining passage.
The electrical connector as described in claim 5, wherein said retaining portion of said conductive contact interfere with said partition.
The electrical connector as described in claim 6, wherein said dielectric housing comprises only a pair of protrusions to form said retaining means in each contact passage, said pair of protrusions opposite to each other and adjacent to one of said two retaining sections of said conductive contact.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing comprising a plurality of contact passages having retaining means therein;
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- a plurality of conductive contacts respectively inserted in said contact passages along an inserting direction, each contact comprising a retaining portion engaging corresponding said contact passage and a resiliently depressible contacting portion partially exposed out of said dielectric housing;
- when inserting said conductive contact, said retaining portion moves along a first path, said contacting portion moves along a second path, said retaining means is not on said first path and second path and engages the inserted conductive contact.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of passageways defined in the housing in parallel relation with one another, each of said passageways including at least a large contacting passage and a small retention passage side by side spaced from each other;
- a plurality of contacts essentially extending in a common plane and disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, and each of the contacts including a curved resilient contacting section receiving in the corresponding large contacting passage in a relatively free manner and a relatively rigid retention section received in the corresponding small retention passage in a secured manner;
- wherein each of said passageway is equipped with restriction means which is located between the large contacting passage and the small retention passage so as to sandwich the corresponding contact in a thickness direction of said contact under a condition that both said retention section and said contacting section are not affected by said restriction means during assembling the contact into the corresponding passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.