Electrical connector for telephone handset
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsMatthew Wilhite, William Gordon Fogarty
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Abstract
An electrical connector is provided for use in a telephone handset. The connector includes a dielectric housing having opposite ends and an array of terminal-receiving cavities between the ends. A receptacle is formed in the housing outside the array of terminal-receiving cavities for receiving a microphone. A plurality of signal terminals disposed in the cavities. A plurality of microphone terminals are mounted on the housing, with spring arms located in slots in the bottom wall, and project into the receptacle for engaging appropriate contacts on the microphone. An acoustic channel extends through the housing to communicate the receptacle with the environment outside the housing.
Claims9
An electrical connector for use in a telephone handset for mounting a microphone in the telephone handset, for coupling the microphone to a printed circuit board in the telephone handset and for providing an external connection for the telephone handset, said electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing including a receptacle for receiving said microphone;
- the receptacle comprising a generally cylindrical cavity defined in part by a circumferential wall and a bottom wall with a raised ring-shaped portion with slots;
- a plurality of coupling terminals mounted on the housing for providing said external connection;
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- a plurality of microphone terminals mounted on said housing with respect to said receptacle, each of said microphone terminals having a spring arm adapted to fit within one of the slots in the raised ring-shaped portion of the bottom wall, a contact portion projecting into the receptacle for engaging an appropriate contact on the microphone, and a mounting portion mounted on a portion of the circumferential wall of the housing, said mounting portion comprising a U-shaped body portion press fit over a portion of said circumferential wall and extending over a top rim portion of said circumferential wall.
An electrical connector for use in a telephone handset for mounting a microphone in the telephone handset, for coupling the microphone to a printed circuit board in the telephone handset and for providing an external connection for the telephone handset, said electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing including a receptacle for receiving said microphone;
- the receptacle comprising a generally cylindrical cavity defined in part by a circumferential wall extending around at least a portion of said cavity, said circumferential wall having an internal wall surface, a top rim along at least a portion of said circumferential wall and an outer wall surface;
- a plurality of coupling terminals mounted on the housing for providing said external connection;
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- a plurality of microphone terminals mounted on said housing with respect to said receptacle, each of said microphone terminals having a spring arm with a contact portion projecting into the receptacle for engaging an appropriate contact on the microphone, and a mounting portion mounted on a portion of the circumferential wall of the housing, said mounting portion comprising a generally U-shaped body portion secured over a portion of said circumferential wall such that a leg portion of said U-shaped body portion extends along said internal wall surface, a bight portion of said U-shaped portion extends about said top rim and another leg portion of said U-shaped portion extends along said outer wall surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.