Single element wire to board connector
AssigneeAVX Corporation
InventorPeter BISHOP
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Abstract
A single element electrical connector includes a single conductive contact element formed into a cage structure having a wire insert end and a wire contact end along a longitudinal centerline axis of the connector. The cage structure defines an upper pick-up surface having a surface area suitable for placement of a suction nozzle of a vacuum transfer device, as well as a pair of contact tines biased towards the centerline axis to define a contact pinch point for an exposed core of a wire inserted into the connector. A contact surface is defined by a member of the cage structure for electrical mating contact with a respective contact element on a component on which the connector is mounted.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- a contact element comprising:
- an inlet opening;
- a contact end opposite the inlet opening;
- and
- a first contact tine and a second contact tine each biased toward a centerline axis of the contact element downstream of the inlet opening in an insertion direction into the contact element, wherein the first and second contact tines define a contact pinch point, and wherein the first contact tine comprises a plurality of tabs extending from a distal portion of the first contact tine.
An electrical device comprising:
- a conductive contact element comprising one or more contact surfaces, wherein the conductive contact element comprises:
- an inlet opening;
- a contact end opposite the insert end;
- and
- a first contact tine and a second contact tine each biased toward a centerline axis of the conductive contact element downstream of the inlet opening in an insertion direction into the conductive contact element, wherein the first and second contact tines define a contact pinch point, and wherein the first contact tine comprises a plurality of tabs extending from a distal portion of the first contact tine;
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- a printed circuit board comprising one or more contact pads, wherein the one or more contact pads are electrically connected to the one or more contact surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.