Electrical connector having floatably arranged contact
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind.Co., Ltd.
InventorChia-Wei Fan
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a number of contacts and an insulative housing. Each contact includes a main body, a spring portion extending upwardly from the main body, and a tail portion defining a receiving space in a vertical plane. The insulative housing has a plurality of passageways retaining the contacts. An inner sidewall of each passageway has a protrusion extending into the receiving space to limit a movement of the contact, such that the contact can float upwardly and downwardly in the vertical direction without being drawn out of the passageway.
Claims14
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining at least a passageway with a protrusion extending from an inner wall of the passageway into the passageway;
- and
- at least a contact disposed in the passageway and with a tail portion sitting onto the protrusion;
- wherein
- a main body of the contact is configured as a board-like plate;
- wherein
- the main body is received in the passageway and includes a first main body and a second main body extending from a top of the first main body, and the second main body comprises a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion.
An electrical contact comprising:
- a main body;
- a spring portion extending upwardly from the main body;
- and
- a tail portion including a pair of legs, each leg including a seating arm extending horizontally from the main body, a locking arm bent downwardly from the seating arm, and a tab disposed on an inside of the locking arm.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough in a vertical direction between upper and bottom surfaces of said housing;
- each passageway defining a protrusion formed around a lower section thereof;
- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts defining a horizontal seating arm seated upon a top face of the corresponding protrusion, at least one locking arm extending downwardly with a tab latched to a bottom side of the corresponding protrusion, a main body linked to the seating arm and abutting against a side wall beside the corresponding passageway, and a resilient contact arm extending upward from the main body;
- and
- a plurality of solder balls each disposed in the lower section of the corresponding passageway under the corresponding protrusion and abutting against the locking arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.