Electrical contact and electrical connector using the same
AssigneeTyco Electronics Japan G.K.
InventorTetsuya Katano
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Abstract
A contact having a support, a first arm supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact, and a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact is disclosed. A first spring and a second spring are each connected to the support and bent in the facing direction and extend along a plane substantially perpendicular to the facing direction. The first spring and the second spring elastically support the support in the facing direction and a mount is connected to the first spring and the second spring.
Claims20
A contact, comprising:
- a support lying in a first plane and having an arm joint and a support plate, the arm joint and support plate distinguished from each other by a bend with the support plate extending substantially perpendicular to the arm joint;
- a first arm
- supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact;
- a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact;
- a first spring and a second spring, each connected to the support and bent in the facing direction and each extending along a second plane substantially perpendicular to the facing direction, the first spring and the second spring elastically supporting the support in the facing direction, the first and second arms being bent from the arm joint of the support and the first and second springs bent from the support plate;
- and
- a mount lying in the first plane and connecting the first spring to the second spring;
- wherein one set of ends of the first and second springs are connected to the support while the other ends of the first and second springs are connected to the mount.
An electrical connector comprising a contact for connection to circuit board and a cover for protecting the contact, the contact comprising:
- a support lying in a first plane and having an arm joint and a support plate, the arm joint and support plate distinguished from each other by a bend with the support plate extending substantially perpendicular to the arm joint;
- a first arm supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact;
- a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact;
- a first spring and a second spring, each connected to the support and bent in the facing direction and each extending along a second plane substantially perpendicular to the facing direction, the first spring and the second spring elastically supporting the support in the facing direction;
- and
- a mount lying in the first plane and connecting the first spring to the second spring;
- wherein one set of ends of the first and second springs are connected to the support while the other ends of the first and second springs are connected to the mount, the first and second arms being bent from the arm joint of the support and the first and second springs bent from the support plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.