Contact terminal for electronic device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHo-Su KIM, Jeong-Mi BAEK
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Abstract
A contact terminal of an electronic device includes: a fixing member; a contact member extending from the fixing member and a limiting member and extending from the fixing member where one end portion of the limiting member restrains one end portion of the contact member, wherein the contact terminal provides an elastic force upon the contact member in a direction away from the fixing member, and a range where the contact member moves away from the fixing member is limited since the end portion of the limiting member restrains the end portion of the contact member. The disclosed contact terminal can be directly mounted on a circuit board by using a surface mounting device (SMD) process, thereby reducing production costs and interconnection loss.
Claims17
A contact terminal for an electronic device, the contact terminal comprising:
- a fixing member;
- a contact member extending from the fixing member, which moves while facing the fixing member;
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- a limiting member, which is bent and extends from the fixing member while an end portion of the limiting member restrains an end portion of the contact member,
- wherein the contact terminal provides an elastic force upon the contact member in a direction away from the fixing member, and a range where the contact member moves away from the fixing member is limited because the end portion of the limiting member restrains the end portion of the contact member.
A terminal contact comprising:
- a fixed element formed in an open loop, said fixed element having a first end and a second end;
- a retaining element attached to said first end for retaining said second end;
- a supporting member extending from a first surface of said fixed element between said first and second end;
- said supporting member limiting movement of a second surface of fixed member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.