Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439817000 | Compression spring axis transverse of and intersecting conductor axis | 23 |
20100267291 | SWAGING PROCESS FOR IMPROVED COMPLIANT CONTACT ELECTRICAL TEST PERFORMANCE - A spring contact assembly having a first plunger with a tail portion having a flat contact surface and a swagable surface and a second plunger having a tail portion with a flat contact surface and a swagable surface wherein the flat contact surfaces are overlapping and are surrounded by an external compression spring such that the swagable surfaces are swaged by the coils of the spring during the initial compression of the spring. | 10-21-2010 |
20100279558 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLIES WITH CANTED COIL SPRINGS - An electrical contact assembly including a housing defining a bore having an internal groove formed therein; an axial canted coil spring having a plurality of spring coils, each spring coil having a spring coil length, the plurality of spring coils disposed in the internal groove with a groove width having a width dimension; wherein at least one spring coil comprises a minor axis length that is greater than the width dimension. An insertion object sized for insertion into the bore of the housing; wherein a clamping force of the axial canted coil spring retains the insertion object within the bore; and wherein the axial canted coil spring provides an electrical conductive path between the insertion object and the housing that is less than 50% of the spring coil length | 11-04-2010 |
20120129407 | POWER TERMINAL - An electrical connector formed to have at least one or more pairs of opposing legs extending from a body portion where each leg extends to a contact point where an inner surface of each opposing leg contact. A spring clip can be positioned over one or more of the opposing legs to increase a compressive force. The spring clip may include an alignment feature to limit clip rotating and/or pitching. | 05-24-2012 |
20120129408 | CONTACT AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS - A contact according to the present invention comprises a plate-shaped first plunger contacting one member, a plate-shaped second plunger contacting the other member in a state of being overlapped with the first plunger and conducting electricity between the one member and the other member in cooperation with the first plunger, and a compression coil spring which is a member coupling the first plunger with the second plunger in a state where contact pieces thereof are in opposite directions from each other, covering outer circumferences of coupling portions of the first plunger and the second plunger, abutting on spring receiving portions of the respective plungers, and supporting the respective plungers to be relatively slidable. In an electrical connecting apparatus, the contacts are incorporated. | 05-24-2012 |
20120142232 | RESILIENT-LOADED CONNECTOR - A resilient-loaded connector, which includes a receptacle and an adapter. The receptacle has a body and a center contact received inside the body. The adapter has a plug that includes a body and a central contact mounted in the body with an insulator being interposed. The body of the receptacle has an internal surface including a first tapered surface, a second tapered surface and a cylindrical surface between the first and second tapered surfaces. The adapter also includes a resilient structure. The central contact of the plug of the adapter has at least one slot that is configured to cooperate with the central contact of the receptacle. The central contact of the receptacle is for instance received inside the central contact of the plug. | 06-07-2012 |
20120208407 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT ASSEMBLIES WITH CANTED COIL SPRINGS - An electrical contact assembly including a housing defining a bore having an internal groove formed therein; an axial canted coil spring having a plurality of spring coils, each spring coil having a spring coil length, the plurality of spring coils disposed in the internal groove with a groove width having a width dimension; wherein at least one spring coil comprises a minor axis length that is greater than the width dimension. An insertion object sized for insertion into the bore of the housing; wherein a clamping force of the axial canted coil spring retains the insertion object within the bore; and wherein the axial canted coil spring provides an electrical conductive path between the insertion object and the housing that is less than 50% of the spring coil length | 08-16-2012 |
20120214356 | CONTACT AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS - Respective plungers are slidably supported in a stable manner without fluctuation, and reliable electrical contact is achieved. | 08-23-2012 |
20120295493 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130183872 | LAND GRID ARRAY INTERPOSER WITH COMPRESSIBLE CONDUCTORS - An electrical interconnect is provided for use within, for example, a land grid array (LGA) interposer such as a module-to-board connector. The electrical interconnect includes an electrically-conductive, compressible conductor which has a first conductor end portion and a second conductor end portion. The first and second conductor end portions physically contact in slidable relation each other with compression of the compressible conductor to facilitate inhibiting rotation of the compressible conductor. In one embodiment, the first end portion includes at least one first leg and the second end portion includes at least two second legs, and the at least one first leg and at least two second legs are interdigitated. Further, in one embodiment, the first end portion and the second end portion are each in slidable contact with an inner-facing surface of the compressible conductor. | 07-18-2013 |
20130267131 | CONNECTOR - A connector adapted to be disposed in a mobile device to electrically connect with a signal terminal of an electronic device is provided. The connector includes a casing, a tube, a pin and a terminal set. The casing has a first side, a second side and a through hole, and the tube is disposed in the second side. The pin has a first end and a second end. The first end is slidably disposed in the through hole and the second end protrudes out of the tube. The terminal set includes a first terminal and a second terminal, and the second terminal is movably connected with the first terminal. When the mobile device is assembled to the electronic device, the signal terminal of the electronic device leans against the pin, so that the pin leans against the first terminal to separate the first terminal and the second terminal. | 10-10-2013 |
20130288545 | TERMINAL FITTING AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IT - A terminal fitting has a tubular connecting portion ( | 10-31-2013 |
20140065893 | Compliant Electrical Contact - A compliant electrical contact ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140099839 | EYE-OF-THE NEEDLE PIN CONTACT - An eye-of-the needle (EON) pin contact is provided for being received within an electrical via that includes conductive material. The EON pin contact includes a compliant segment having two opposing spring arms and an opening defined between the spring arms. The compliant segment is configured to be received within the electrical via such that the spring arms engage the conductive material of the electrical via. A tip segment extends from the compliant segment. The tip segment is configured to be received into the electrical via before the compliant segment is received into the electrical via. The tip segment includes a broach that is configured to displace the conductive material as the tip segment is received into the electrical via to plow a path through the conductive material for reception of a corresponding one of the spring arms. | 04-10-2014 |
20140099840 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH PASSIVE WIRING CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE MOUNTED ON VEHICLE WINDOW - A vehicle includes a vehicle body that supports an electrical line that is electrically connected to a power source and that terminates at a first terminal. The vehicle also includes a window member with an electrical device supported thereon. A second terminal of the electrical device is supported on the window assembly, and the window member is moveable relative to the vehicle body. The vehicle further includes a passive electrical connector with a plunger that moves between a retracted position and an extended position. The passive electrical connector also includes a biasing member that biases the plunger toward the extended position. The passive electrical connector electrically connects the first and second terminals when the window member is in a first position. The plunger is biased toward the extended position when the window member is in the second position to electrically disconnect the first and second terminals. | 04-10-2014 |
20140154932 | SOCKET - A socket includes a tubular frame body into which a base part of an electric lamp bulb is to be inserted, the frame body in which a terminal metal fitting to be electrically connected with the base part is to be provided, the frame body having a side wall formed with two slits and formed with an arm piece between the slits, the arm piece which has a first face to be opposed to the terminal metal fitting and a second face opposite to the first face, the side wall formed with a butting face, when the arm piece is deformed outward of the frame body, a part of the second face of the arm piece is in contact with the butting face. | 06-05-2014 |
20140170911 | Electrical plug connection having a plug and a socket - An electrical plug connection having a plug and a socket, the socket having two contact zones located opposite to one another, which are each implemented on one spring arm, the spring arms allowing an insertion gap present between the contact zones to be elastically widened transversely to a plug axis during the insertion of the plug. The plug axis of the plug has an angle not equal to zero in relation to a longitudinal axis of the spring arms. | 06-19-2014 |
20150093943 | Terminal Block - A terminal block is disclosed having a leaf spring, a contact, a cam member, and a spring member. The contact is positioned adjacent to the leaf spring and has a contact seat. The contact seat has a projection extending towards the leaf spring and is positionable in a hole of a ring terminal inserted into the terminal block. The cam member is in rotatable contact with the leaf spring, has a rotational axis extending in a direction of insertion of the ring terminal, and when in contact with the leaf spring, presses the leaf spring against the contact. The spring member is located closer to the leaf spring than the contact seat and biased against the inserted ring terminal. | 04-02-2015 |
20150133003 | CONTACT, CONNECTOR, AND CONNECTING DEVICE - A contact includes a pair of conductive members and a biasing member attached between the pair of conductive members and biasing the pair of conductive members toward each other. The pair of conductive members each have a base portion, an attaching portion, and a support portion At least one of the pair of conductive members integrally has, at a position facing the other conductive member side, an inelastic contact-side engaging portion for engagement with a connection object-side engaging portion formed in a connection object. | 05-14-2015 |
20150303604 | Electrical Connector With Female Terminal And Motor With Such An Electrical Connector - The invention relates to an electrical connector comprising, a female terminal, including a terminal base body; one or more pairs of terminal plates facing each other, protruding in an insertion direction from the edge of the terminal base body, for receiving and connecting to a mating male terminal and the one or more pairs of terminal plates facing each other being adapted to form recesses for receiving the mating male terminal and to provide a clamping compressive force against the mating male terminal; and one or more tilting restriction elements, a connector cavity for building the female terminal in, and an opening of the electrical connector for inserting a mating male terminal for connecting the mating male terminal with the female terminal, wherein the connector cavity includes one or more contacting portions corresponding to the tilting restriction elements. | 10-22-2015 |
20150311602 | RIGHT ANGLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a dielectric having a right angle body including a first segment and a second segment and defining a right angle chamber extending through the first and second segments. At least one door at a right angle corner of the body provides access to the right angle chamber through a rear opening in an open state, and restricts access to the rear opening in a closed state. A female center contact in the right angle chamber in the first segment has a terminating end configured to electrically connect to a cable conductor of a cable received in the right angle chamber in the second segment. A front shield receives the dielectric and forces the door to move from the open state to the closed state upon loading the dielectric into the front shield. A rear shield couples to the front shield. | 10-29-2015 |
439818000 | Spring biases detent member to form snap-latch type securing part | 3 |
20080287011 | Female electrical terminal - A female electrical terminal, comprising at least one pair of mutually opposite leaf spring laminas, which are adapted to provide an accommodation and contact region for an associated blade-like male terminal. A first lamina is provided with a protrusion for contact with the blade-like male terminal, while a second opposite lamina has an extraction-preventing tooth which is designed to be inserted with a snap action in the hole of the interposed blade-like male terminal. | 11-20-2008 |
20110318975 | Contact Clamp and Connector Having Contact Clamp - The invention relates to a contact clamp for connecting a conductor end with an electrical contact and having an insertion side, from which the conductor end can be inserted in the contact clamp, comprising a retaining frame with a contact section, with which the conductor end can establish a contact, as well as a clamping leg, which is pivotally mounted in the retaining frame and can be pivoted back and forth between an open pivot position (FIG. | 12-29-2011 |
20160087366 | TERMINALS FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - A female terminal for an electrical connector may generally include a socket with an opening for receiving a male terminal, a first pair of contacts, a second pair of contacts, a pair of crimping members, and positioning tabs. The socket may be defined by a pair of opposing sidewalls, a top, and a bottom, at least in examples where the socket is generally rectangular. The first and second pairs of contacts may be disposed along the pair of opposing sidewalls, projecting at least partially into the socket configured to contact and exert substantially the same normal force on a male terminal that is inserted into the socket. The pair of crimping members can be utilized to secure a wire to the female terminal, and the positioning tabs may be utilized to secure the female terminal within the electrical connector. | 03-24-2016 |