Contact socket
AssigneeTyco Electronics AMP GmbH
InventorHans Jost Heimueller
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Abstract
The contact socket is of single-part construction and has a base spring and two spring legs, which are integrally formed on the base spring and both spring legs include contacting sections, facing each other where, as a result of the single-piece construction, the manufacturing process of this contact socket can be optimized and one of the spring legs is supported by an additional support member thereby increasing the resilient force.
Claims12
A contact socket having a single-piece construction, comprising two resilient internal spring legs formed on a base part, each spring leg having a contact section which contact sections are oriented to face each other, wherein a first one of the spring legs is bent in a U-shaped configuration, a second one of the spring legs is a substantially linear member bent to extend towards an interior portion of the base part, and wherein the second one of the spring legs is supported by a support member bent in a U-shape configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.