Eye-of-the needle pin of an electrical contact
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsRobert Todd Frederick, Michael Joseph Vino
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Abstract
An electrical contact includes a base and an eye-of-the needle (EON) pin extending a length outwardly from the base to a tip. The EON pin is configured to be received within an electrical via. The EON pin includes a neck segment that extends outwardly from the base, a tip segment that includes the tip, and a compliant segment that extends from the neck segment to the tip segment. The neck segment has opposite end walls and opposite side walls that extend between the end walls. The end walls are connected to the side walls at corresponding transitional walls that interconnect spaced-apart edges of the corresponding end and side walls.
Claims19
An electrical contact comprising:
- a base;
- and
- an eye-of-the needle (EON) pin extending a length outwardly from the base to a tip, the EON pin being configured to be received within an electrical via, the EON pin comprising a neck segment that extends outwardly from the base, a tip segment that includes the tip, and a compliant segment that extends from the neck segment to the tip segment, the neck segment having opposite end walls and opposite side walls that extend between the end walls, the end walls being connected to the side walls at corresponding transitional walls that interconnect spaced-apart edges of the corresponding end and side walls.
An electrical contact comprising:
- a base;
- and
- an eye-of-the needle (EON) pin extending a length outwardly from the base to a tip, the EON pin being configured to be received within an electrical via, the EON pin comprising a neck segment that extends outwardly from the base, a tip segment that includes the tip, and a compliant segment that extends from the neck segment to the tip segment, the neck segment having opposite end walls and opposite side walls that extend between the end walls, the end walls being connected to the side walls at corresponding transitional walls that define corners between the corresponding end and side walls, wherein the corners comprise at least one of a round, a fillet, or a chamfer.
An electrical contact comprising:
- a base;
- and
- an eye-of-the needle (EON) pin extending a length outwardly from the base to a tip, the EON pin being configured to be received within an electrical via, the EON pin comprising a neck segment that extends outwardly from the base, a tip segment that includes the tip, and a compliant segment that extends from the neck segment to the tip segment, the neck segment including opposite end walls and opposite side walls that extend between the end walls, the end walls being connected to the side walls of corresponding transitional walls, wherein a cross section taken through the neck segment in a direction perpendicular to the length of the EON pin is non-rectangular, and wherein at least one of the transitional walls is curved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.