Connector system
AssigneeTyco Electronics UK Ltd.
InventorsAndrew Gorman, Neal Wilson, Jonathan Mark Eyles
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Abstract
There is disclosed a connector system (500) comprising a contact pin (400) and a socket (200) for receiving the contact pin. The contact pin comprises a first groove (402) extending around the axis (410) of the contact pin; a coiled spring (404) within the first groove; and a set of teeth (406) extending around the axis of the contact pin. The socket (200) comprises a cup portion (202). The cup portion comprises a set of teeth (206) extending around the axis (210) of the cup portion (202) and for engaging with the teeth (406) of the contact pin; and a first contact surface (518) inside the cup portion and extending around the axis (210) of the cup portion for contacting the coiled spring (404) of the contact pin.
Claims17
A connector system comprising a contact pin and a socket for receiving the contact pin, the contact pin comprising:
- a first groove extending around the axis of the contact pin;
- a coiled spring within the first groove;
- a set of teeth extending around the axis of the contact pin;
- wherein the socket comprises a cup portion, the cup portion comprising:
- a set of teeth extending around the axis of the cup portion and for engaging with the teeth of the contact pin;
- a first contact surface inside the cup portion and extending around the axis of the cup portion for contacting the coiled spring of the contact pin;
- a first ramp portion inside the cup portion, the first ramp portion reducing the internal width of the cup portion to where the first contact surface is located, the first ramp portion arranged to compress the coiled spring on insertion of the contact pin into the cup portion so that the coiled spring comes to rest against the first contact surface in a compressed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.