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US 5,511,994 AGranted
Electrical connector having a device retaining means and a method of assembly thereof
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorSteven E. Minich
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AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorSteven E. Minich
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An electrical connector 1 having a mating section 12 and a mounting surface 14. The mounting surface 14 having a device receiving recess 19 therealong with a retaining lip 24. Contacts 40 having contact terminating sections 44 extending through the recess 19 and beyond the mounting surface 14. A device 50 is secured in the recess 19 by a combination of spring forces of the contacts 40 and the retaining lip 24. A method of assembling an electrical connector 1 having a device 50 secured in a device receiving recess 19 along a mounting surface 14. The method involves first placing the device 50 onto the contact terminating sections 44, moving the device 50 above and then behind the retaining lip 24 by pushing against spring forces of the contacts 40, and then lowering the device 50 behind the retaining 24 lip and releasing the spring forces.
An electrical connector comprising:
A method of assembling an electrical connector and a device, the connector having a mating section and a mounting surface and contacts formed of resilient material and being secured in the connector, the contacts having contact terminating sections with spring forces perpendicular to the contact terminating sections, the mounting surface having a retaining lip therealong;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.