Connector with contact
AssigneeFCI Besancon SA
InventorJean Marie Pham-Van
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Abstract
A connector (1) having a contact (2) for being crimped by one side thereof onto a conductor (3) of a cable (4) is provided on the other side with an elastic tongue (7) which can contact a printed circuit introduced in such connector. The elastic tongue is allowed a wide displacement, due to the structure of the arm (6) which joins the elastic tongue to the insulation displacement device (8-10) held by a blade (5) of the contact (2).
Claims8
A connector having a contact which comprises a rigid blade at a first end, an elastic tongue at a second end and an arm joining the rigid blade to the elastic tongue, the rigid blade holding an insulation displacement mean to be inserted in an insulative sheath and to be connected with a conductor of a cable, the elastic tongue comprising a contact bend adapted to be forced against a conducting element inserted in the connector and wherein the arm comprises at least two bends and the elastic tongue comprises a last bend;
- wherein the tongue has a curved shape extending within a plane of the body;
- wherein the arm has two bends and a curve of the elastic tongue comprises a contact bend in direction opposite to the direction wherein the two teeth rise up.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.