Spring connector having elastic terminal
AssigneeYokowo Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshitaka Arai, Akihiro Yodogawa
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Abstract
An insulative casing has a bottom face to be mounted on a board member. A conductive pin is disposed in the casing so as to be slidable in a first direction parallel to the bottom face. A conductive terminal is disposed in the casing and has at least one elastic piece which is always brought into contact with an outer periphery of the pin from a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. An elastic member is disposed between the pin and the terminal so that a tip end of the pin is projected from the casing while being retractable in the first direction.
Claims6
A spring connector, comprising:
- an insulative casing, having a bottom face to be mounted on a board member;
- a conductive pin, disposed in the casing so as to be slidable in a first direction parallel to the bottom face;
- a conductive terminal, disposed in the casing and having at least one elastic piece which is always brought into contact with an outer periphery of the pin from a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- and
- an elastic member, disposed between the pin and the terminal so that a tip end of the pin is projected from the casing while being retractable in the first direction, wherein:
- at least one groove is formed on at least one of side portions of the pin so as to extend in the first direction;
- at least one guide member is formed on either the terminal or the casing so as to be fitted into the groove;
- and
- the guide member comes in slide contact along an upper face of the groove when the elastic piece is brought into contact with the pin.
A spring connector, comprising:
- an insulative casing, having a bottom face to be mounted on a board member;
- a conductive pin, disposed in the casing so as to be slidable in a first direction parallel to the bottom face;
- a conductive terminal, disposed in the casing and having at least one elastic piece which is always brought into contact with an outer periphery of the pin from a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- and
- an elastic member, disposed between the pin and the terminal so that a tip end of the pin is projected from the casing while being retractable in the first direction, wherein:
- at least one groove is formed on at least one of side portions of the pin so as to extend in the first direction, the groove having a face closer to the elastic piece and a face farther from the elastic piece;
- at least one guide member is formed on either the terminal or the casing so as to be fitted into the groove;
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- the guide member comes in sliding contact along the face of the groove closer to the elastic piece when the elastic piece is brought into contact with the pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.