US 7,065,871 B2Granted

Method of manufacturing electrical power connector

AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.

InventorsSteven E. Minich, Christopher J. Kolivoski

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Abstract

A printed circuit board electrical power contact for connecting a daughter printed circuit board to a mating contact on another electrical component. The power contact includes a main section; at least one daughter board electrical contact section extending from the main section; and at least one mating connector contact section extending from the main section. The mating connector contact section includes at least three forward projecting beams. A first one of the beams extends outward in a first direction as the first beam extends forward from the main section and has a contact surface facing the first direction. Two second ones of the beams are located on opposite sides of the first beam and extend outward in a second opposite direction as the second beams extend forward from the main section. The second beams have contact surfaces facing the second direction.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A method of manufacturing electrical power connectors comprising:

forming a first type of electrical power terminal from a metal stock material by use of a metal stamping die;
inserting an insert tooling punch into the metal stamping die;
forming a second electrical power terminal and a third electrical power terminal substantially simultaneously from the metal stock material when the insert tooling punch is located in the metal stamping die;
inserting the first type of electrical power terminal into a first housing to form a first type of electrical power connector;
and
inserting the second and third types of electrical power terminals into a second housing to form a second type of electrical power connector,
wherein the metal stamping die and optional insertion of the insert tooling punch into the metal stamping die form the three different electrical power terminals and subsequently form the two different types of electrical power connectors.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/969,166Filed 17 Oct 2004 · division
Priority: 23 May 2002
Published: US 2005/0042901 A124 Feb 2005
Granted: 27 Jun 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

H01R 12/7088
Coupling devices: arrangements for power supply
H01R 12/724
Coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits: containing contact members forming a right angle
H01R 12/727
Coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits: coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts
Y10T 29/49105
Electrical device making: switch making

Family

Application10/155,819Parent of this division · filed 23 May 2002
US 2005/0042901 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Feb 2005
US 6,814,590 B2Parent of this division
US 2003/0219999 A1Published application
US 7,065,871 B2This patent

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