US 9,318,831 B2Granted

Connector

AssigneeMolex Incorporated

InventorsEiichi Yamada, Koji Chikano, Ryo Sumiya

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Abstract

A connector having a housing and a terminal made installed therein is disclosed. The terminal has a base portion held by the housing, a first contact member connected on one end to the base portion in the longitudinal direction, and a pair of second contact members connected to the ends of the base portion in the longitudinal direction. The first contact member includes a first contact portion in the vertical direction. Each second contact member includes a second contact portion in the vertical direction. The pair of second contact members is arranged linearly in the longitudinal direction of the base portion. The first and second contact members are arranged in the transverse direction of the base portion. The first contact portion and the second contact portion are positioned on the base portion.

Claims21

Dependent claims

A connector, the connector comprising:

a housing, the housing being made from an insulating material;
and
a terminal, the terminal being made from a conductive material and installed in the housing, the terminal including a flat base portion held by the housing, an elastically deformable first contact member connected on one end to the base portion in the longitudinal direction, and a pair of elastically deformable second contact members connected to the one end and to the other end of the base portion in the longitudinal direction, the first contact member including an elastically displaceable first contact portion in the vertical direction, each second contact member including an elastically displaceable second contact portion in the vertical direction, the pair of second contact members are arranged linearly in the longitudinal direction of the base portion, the first contact member and the second contact member are arranged in the transverse direction of the base portion, and the first contact portion and the second contact portion are positioned on the base portion.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/291,171Filed 30 May 2014
Priority: JP 2013-11482131 May 2013
Published: US 2015/0024640 A122 Jan 2015
Granted: 19 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

H01R 13/2442
Resilient; resiliently-mounted: with a single cantilevered beam
H01R 4/4821
The spring shape allowing insertion of the conductor end when the spring is unbiased: single-blade spring
H01R 4/26
Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or…:…
H01R 4/28
Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or…:…