Male contact and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeTyco Electronics AMP GmbH
InventorNoriaki Sai
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Abstract
A male contact having a male contact section formed by bending both sides of a metal plate inward and a method for manufacturing the same. The male contact section having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape and curved sections formed on four corners of the cross-sectional plane of the male contact section having a radius that is equal to or less than ⅓ of the thickness of the metal plate. The male contact makes it possible to obtain a sufficient area of contact with a mating female contact even in cases where the width of the male contact section formed by bending both sides of the metal plate inward is small.
Claims4
A male contact comprising:
- an electrical wire termination portion;
- a male contact section formed from a metal plate and having a rectangular cross-sectional shape, an upper surface, a lower surface and curved sections formed at corners between the upper and lower surfaces;
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- a securing portion disposed between the male contact section and the electrical wire termination portion,
- wherein the curved sections have a radius that is equal to or less than ⅓ of the thickness of the metal plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.