Battery connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsBin Peng, Guang-Ming Zhao
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Abstract
This invention is related to a battery connector. The battery connector has an insulative housing (1) defining a plurality of cavities (11) for receiving a corresponding number of contacts (2). The contact has a flat-plate mounting base (21) engaged with the insulative housing, a resilient section (23) extending obliquely and upwardly from the flat-plate base, a flat-plate contacting section (24) extending from the resilient section and parallel to the base, a curved guiding lip (241) extending from the contacting section, and a tail section (22) extending downwardly from the mounting base to mount to a circuit board.
Claims10
A battery connector comprising:
- an insulative housing extending lengthwise, and defined a plurality of cavities, the cavities at a specific pitch along the length of the insulative housing, and opening toward to a side, top and bottom face of the insulative housing for inserting into a complementary connector from the top and side face;
- a plurality of contacts positioned and retained in the corresponding cavities of the insulative housing respectively, each contact stamped by a metal piece, and comprising a flat-plate mounting base engaged with the insulative housing, a resilient section extending obliquely and upwardly from the flat-plate base, a flat-plate contacting section extending from the resilient section and parallel to the base, a curved guiding lip extending from the contacting section for guiding the complementary connector into the battery connector, and a tail section extending downwardly from the mounting base to mount to a circuit board;
- wherein the contacting section has another isolated curved guiding lip extending therefrom for guiding the complementary connector along another mating direction;
- wherein the another curved guiding lip has a tip tucked in the second portion of the cavity.
A battery connector comprising:
- an insulative housing extending lengthwise, and defined a plurality of cavities, the cavities at a specific pitch along the length of the insulative housing, and being open toward to a side, top and bottom face of the insulative housing for inserting into a complementary connector from the top and side face, each of said cavities segregated from the neighboring one by a corresponding spacer, each of the cavities including joined first and second portions wherein the first portion is open to at least both said top and side faces of the housing while said second portion is only open to the bottom face;
- a plurality of contacts positioned and retained in the corresponding cavities of the insulative housing respectively, each contact including a retaining portion received in the second portion of the corresponding cavity, a resilient section extending from the retaining portion with a contacting section into the first portion of the cavity, vertical and horizontal curved guiding lips extending from the contacting section in both vertical and horizontal directions corresponding to the top and side faces for guiding the complementary connector into the battery connector;
- wherein tips of both said vertical and horizontal curved guiding lips are located in the second portion of the corresponding cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.