Contact with anti-rotation elements and solder flow abatement
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsJohn Mongold, Randall Musser, Brian Vicich, Neal Patterson
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Abstract
A contact includes a head, a tail including an opening, a body connected at one end thereof to the head and at another end thereof to the tail, a first lance and a second lance extending from the body, a dimple raised from the body, and a solder member attached to the tail such that the solder member engages at least a portion of the opening. The first lance and the second lance are arranged to deflect when the contact is inserted into a connector; and the first lance, the second lance, and the dimple are arranged to frictionally secure the contact to the connector.
Claims18
A contact comprising:
- a head;
- a tail including an opening;
- a body connected at one end thereof to the head and at another end thereof to the tail;
- a first lance and a second lance extending from the body;
- a dimple raised from the body;
- and
- a solder member attached to the tail such that the solder member engages at least a portion of the opening;
- wherein
- the first lance and the second lance are arranged to deflect when the contact is inserted into a connector;
- the first lance, the second lance, and the dimple are arranged to frictionally secure the contact to the connector;
- and
- the first lance, the second lance, and the dimple are arranged so as not to be co-linear so that a line connecting any two of the first lance, the second lance, and the dimple does not intersect with a third of the first lance, the second lance, and the dimple.
A contact comprising:
- a head;
- a tail including a continuous opening with a holding section and an abatement section;
- a body connected at one end thereof to the head and at another end thereof to the tail;
- and
- a solder member attached to the tail such that the solder member engages the holding section;
- wherein
- the abatement section is spaced away from the holding section such that the solder member is not in contact with the abatement section before being reflowed and such that the solder member reflows into the abatement section when the solder member is reflowed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.