Socket with leaf spring type contact
CA 1061428 A · Owner: Amp Incorporated · Inventors: Townsend, Peter K.; Neff, Nelson E.; Ward, John A.
Overview
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An electrical connector comprising an insulating housing formed with a plug-receiving socket and a metal contact mounted in the housing with a spring contact arm projecting along the socket from an insertion end a, root end of the arm being adjacent one socket wall in which the separation of the arm and the wall increases towards the free end of the arm such that insertion of the plug into the socket causes a position of engagement between the arm and the wall to move progressively in the insertion direction. Preferably, the wall is planar and the arm bows away from the wall towards its free end.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Granted August 28, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 28, 1996.
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