Electrical connector contact pin
AssigneeRadiall
InventorPaul Jean-Bernard Despouys
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Abstract
A contact pin for an electrical connector comprises a body, a connector element, and a sheath, the connector element being maintained in the extension of the body by being coupled with a peg projecting from the front face of the body, the sheath being disposed around the connector element and maintained on the body by clamping an annular portion of the latter. At the peg end, connector element comprises an end for coupling with said pin, conformed such that the pin cannot fit inside the cross section of said coupling end, the connector element being capable of deforming elastically to enable its coupling end to friction fit onto the pin, the thus deformed connector element being unable to fit inside the cross section of the sheath.
Claims8
A contact pin for an electrical connector comprising a body, a connector element, and a sheath, the connector element being maintained in an extension of the body by being coupled with a peg projecting from the front face of the body, the sheath being disposed around the connector element and maintained on the body by clamping an annular portion of said body, wherein, on the peg side, the connector element comprises an end for coupling with the peg, said connector element being capable of expanding elastically, said connection end being configured so as to be friction fitted onto the peg by causing an elastic expansion of the connector element, the thus deformed connector element having a cross section greater than a cross section of the sheath before coupling said sheath with said connector element, and wherein the sheath and the peg are separated by a clearance which is larger than the thickness of the wall of the coupling end of the connector element.
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