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US 5,634,830 AGranted
Contact element for electrical connectors
AssigneeNeutrik AG
InventorBernhard Weingartner
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AssigneeNeutrik AG
InventorBernhard Weingartner
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The contact element for electrical connectors, in particular for audio connectors, is stamped out of a starting material in sheet form. It has two fork-like legs having projections directed opposite one another at their free ends for the purpose of making contact diametrically with a contact element in the shape of a pin or strip which can be inserted between the fork-like legs. The contact-making boundary edges of the projections extend in a straight line. When the contact element is not loaded, these straight boundary edges enclose an acute angle with the center axis of the contact element, which acute angle corresponds to the deflecting angle of the legs when the pin-shaped or strip-shaped contact element is inserted. The portion of the contact element remote of the projections is constructed as a curve and a web leading to the terminal lug of the contact element adjoins the central portion of this curve. The contact element is substantially shaped like a tuning fork.
In a first contact element for electrical connectors, in particular audio connectors, which is stamped out of a starting material in sheet form and has two fork-like legs having projections directed opposite one another at free ends of the legs for the purpose of making contact diametrically with a contact element which can be inserted between the fork-like legs, the improvement comprising that:
In a first contact element for an electrical connector, said first contact element having first and second legs, said first and second legs having first and second projections, respectively, said first and second projections being located at a free end of said first and second legs, respectively, and protruding into a central space, said first and second projections providing first and second contact surfaces, respectively, for making contact with a second contact element when the second contact element is inserted into the central space, said first and second legs of said first contact element being moveable between a rest position and a contact position, wherein the improvement comprises:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.