Electrical contact socket
AssigneeAkzona Incorporated
InventorJack Harold Seidler
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Abstract
There is provided a contact socket for use in an electrical connector. The socket is tubular in shape and includes an integral L-shaped spring member attached to a tubular member. The spring member is bent to the inside of the tubular member and may be curved to conform to the curvature of the tubular member. The spring member provides electrical and mechanical contact for an associated contact pin.
Claims16
A socket contact for use in an electrical connector comprising:
- a tubular member adapted to receive a corresponding pin contact;
- a spring member attached to said tubular member, said spring member for providing mechanical and electrical contact with the pin contact;
- said spring member including a first bent portion near where said spring member is attached to said tubular member, said first bent portion being in substantially the same direction as the longitudinal axis of said tubular member;
- means for providing spring force for said spring member;
- said spring member being entirely inside said tubular member whereby all of said spring member is protected by said tubular member.
A socket contact for use in electrical connectors comprising:
- a tubular member adapted to receive an associated pin contact;
- a spring member integral with said tubular member, said tubular member and said spring member having been stamped from a piece of sheet metal, said spring member being located entirely inside of said tubular member for protecting all of said spring member;
- a portion of said spring member being bent at its place of attachment with said tubular member approximately 180.degree. from its original stamped position;
- a portion near the end of said spring member opposite said attachment place being bent in a direction toward the inner surface of said tubular member for receiving an associated pin contact.
A method of forming a socket contact having a tubular member and a spring member integral therewith comprising the steps of:
- forming an integral, rectangular shaped member and an L-shaped member from a piece of sheet metal;
- bending said L-shaped member inwardly substantially parallel to one surface of said rectangular shaped member;
- forming said rectangular shaped member to a tubular shaped member with all of said L-shaped member being inside said tubular shaped member, whereby said tubular shaped member protects all of said L-shaped member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.