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US 9,284,970 B2Granted
Connector housings, use of, and method therefor
AssigneeBal Seal Engineering, Inc.
InventorsFarshid Dilmaghanian, Peter J. Balsells, Majid Ghasiri, Derek Changsrivong
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Abstract
A connector assembly formed by attaching two stamped housing sections to form a connector housing having a housing groove with a groove bottom and two side walls. The connector housings with spring can be used as a mechanical connector and/or as an electrical connector for numerous applications and across numerous industries. The groove geometries can easily be altered using different stamping dies.
Claims16
A connector assembly comprising:
- a connector housing comprising a first housing section attached to a second housing section and together defining an interior cavity with a housing groove comprising a groove bottom and two sidewalls;
- said first housing section comprising an upper flange transitioning to a lower flange via a skirt section, the lower flange having an opening, the skirt section forming at least part of the housing groove, and the upper flange extending radially outwardly from the skirt section and having an outer perimeter defining a surface area bounded by the outer perimeter;
- said second housing section comprising a flange having an outer perimeter defining a surface area bounded by the outer perimeter, a planar surface, and an opening, and wherein the upper flange of the first housing section abuts against the planar surface of the flange of the second housing section at an interface, and surface areas of the outer perimeters of the upper flange of the first housing section and the flange of the second housing section are exposed;
- wherein the openings of the two housing sections define a common bore for receiving a pin and wherein at least one of the two housing sections has a curved section formed by stamping;
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- wherein a canted coil spring is located in the housing groove and abuts against the skirt section of the first housing section.
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A connector assembly comprising:
- a first stamped housing section comprising a skirt section, an upper flange extending radially outwardly from the skirt section and having an outer perimeter, and a lower flange extending radially inward from the skirt section and comprising an opening;
- a second stamped housing section comprising a skirt section, an upper flange extending radially outward from the skirt section, and a lower flange extending radially inward from the skirt section and comprising an opening, and wherein the openings of the first stamped housing section and the second stamped housing section define a common bore;
- an interface at the two upper flanges where the two housing sections attach to form a connector housing with a housing groove;
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- a canted coil spring disposed in the housing groove and abutting against the skirt sections of the two housing sections.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.