Electrical connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10276955-B2
Application number	US-201815936655-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	Mar 31, 2017
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

An electrical contact includes a main body and a compliant pin extending from the main body. The compliant pin includes a through-hole. The compliant pin is configured to be compressed. The electrical contact also includes a first leg and a second leg that each extend from the main body. The compliant pin is between the first leg and the second leg. The compliant pin, the first leg, and the second leg extend from the main body in a same direction. The electrical contact further includes a first blade and a second blade that each extend from the main body. A slot is formed between the first blade and the second blade, and a width of the slot is larger at a first position adjacent a distal end of the first and second blades than at a second position adjacent a proximal end of the first and second blades.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A termination method comprising:
inserting a wire into a termination block, wherein the termination block comprises an insulated housing and an electrical contact;
sliding the electrical contact within the insulated housing such that the electrical contact displaces an insulation portion of the wire and makes electrical contact with a conductor of the wire, wherein the sliding the electrical contact within the insulated housing comprises:
inserting the compliant pin into a hole in a temporary housing, and
pressing the insulated housing of the termination block towards the temporary housing; and

pressing a compliant pin of the electrical contact into an electrically-conductive receptacle hole such that the compliant pin forms a mechanical and electrical connection the electrically-conductive receptacle hole.

2. The termination method of claim 1 , wherein the sliding the electrical contact is after the inserting the wire.

3. The termination method of claim 1 , wherein the pressing the compliant pin is after the inserting the wire and the sliding the electrical contact.

4. The termination method of claim 1 , wherein the inserting the wire and the sliding the electrical contact is after the pressing the compliant pin.

5. The termination method of claim 1 , wherein the receptacle hole comprises a plated through-hole in a circuit board.

6. A termination method comprising:
inserting a wire into a termination block, wherein the termination block comprises an insulated housing and an electrical contact;
sliding the electrical contact within the insulated housing such that the electrical contact displaces an insulation portion of the wire and makes electrical contact with a conductor of the wire; and
pressing a compliant pin of the electrical contact into an electrically-conductive receptacle hole such that the compliant pin forms a mechanical and electrical connection the electrically-conductive receptacle hole, wherein the pressing the compliant pin into the receptacle hole comprises:
inserting a finger of a press tool into a slot of the insulated housing, wherein the electrical contact is partially in the slot; and
pressing the press tool towards the receptacle hole, wherein the finger of the press tool directly applies a force on the electrical contact that presses the compliant pin into the receptacle hole.

7. The termination method of claim 6 , wherein the receptacle hole comprises a plated through-hole in a circuit board.

8. The termination method of claim 6 , wherein the pressing the compliant pin creates an air-tight connection between the compliant pin and the electrically-conductive receptacle hole.

9. The termination method of claim 6 , wherein the pressing the compliant pin causes a first offset leg and a second offset leg of the electrical contact to mechanically contact an area of a circuit board around the electrically-conductive receptacle hole.

10. The termination method of claim 6 , wherein the pressing the compliant pin causes a through-hole portion of the compliant pin to compress as the compliant pin is pressed into the electrically-conductive receptacle hole.

11. The termination method of claim 6 , wherein the sliding of the electrical contact causes retention ribs of the electrical contact to create a frictional force between the electrical contact and the insulated housing.

12. The termination method of claim 6 , wherein the sliding the electrical contact within the insulated housing comprises:
inserting the compliant pin into a hole in a temporary housing, and
pressing the insulated housing of the termination block towards the temporary housing.

13. The termination method of claim 6 , wherein the sliding the electrical contact within the housing forces the wire into a mouth of a slot of the electrical contact.

14. The termination method of claim 13 , wherein the sliding the electrical contact within the housing further forces the wire into a narrow portion of the slot.

Assignees

• Avx Corp

Inventors

• Lybrand Brent B
• Huntley Norman C
• Anderson Tom

Classifications

• H01R4/242

  the contact members being plates having a single slot · CPC title

• H01R13/052

  co-operating with sockets having a circular transverse section · CPC title

• H01R4/2433

  one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot · CPC title

• H01R12/585 Primary

  Terminals having a press fit or a compliant portion and a shank passing through a hole in the printed circuit board · CPC title

• H01R9/2416

  Means for guiding or retaining wires or cables connected to terminal blocks · CPC title