Electrical contact terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10862234-B2
Application number	US-201716322092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 1, 2017
Priority date	Aug 4, 2016
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a contact that has a reduced profile and is capable of demonstrating an excellent transmission characteristic with respect to a high frequency signal. A contact (40) according to the present disclosure is the contact (40) of a first connector (20) coupled to a second connector (70) in order to electrically couple a circuit board (CB1) and a circuit board (CB2) together, and includes: a first contact portion (45) that comes into contact with a contact (90) of the second connector (70) when the first connector (20) and the second connector (70) are coupled together; a pair of latches (42) latched to a first insulator (30) of the first connector (20); and a bend (43) that couples the pair of latches (42) together. The bend (43) is formed in a position lower than a part of the first contact portion (45) that protrudes the most toward the bend (43).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A first contact of a first connector coupled to a second connector in order to electrically couple circuit boards, the first contact comprising:
a first contact portion including a contact part that comes into contact with a second contact of said second connector when said first connector and said second connector are coupled together;
a pair of latches supported by a first insulator of said first connector;
a bend that couples said pair of latches together; and
a mounting portion mounted on a circuit board, wherein said contact part protrudes most outwardly toward said bend in said first contact portion,
wherein said bend is formed in a position lower than said contact part,
wherein said mounting portion is inside a first shielding member of said first connector, and
wherein a height of said bend is lower than a height of said first shielding member.

2. The first contact according to claim 1 comprising an elastic contact piece that is continuous with said pair of latches, wherein said elastic contact piece is wider than said bend.

3. The second contact that comes into contact with said first contact according to claim 1 , the second contact comprising:
a second contact portion that comes into contact with said first contact portion when said first connector and said second connector are coupled together; and
an extending portion that extends outward in an U-shape from said second contact portion,
wherein a free end of said U-shape of said extending portion is formed at substantially a same height as said second contact portion.

4. The second contact that comes into contact with said first contact according to claim 2 , the second contact comprising:
a second contact portion that comes into contact with said first contact portion when said first connector and said second connector are coupled together; and
an extending portion that extends outward in an U-shape from said second contact portion,
wherein a free end of said U-shape of said extending portion is formed at substantially a same height as said second contact portion.

5. The first contact according to claim 1 comprising an elastic contact piece that is continuous with said pair of latches formed on an inner side, wherein a free end of said elastic contact piece is formed at substantially a same height as said contact part.

6. A first contact of a first connector coupled to a second connector in order to electrically couple circuit boards, the first contact comprising:
a first contact portion including a contact part that comes into contact with a second contact of said second connector when said first connector and said second connector are coupled together;
a pair of latches supported by a first insulator of said first connector; and
a bend that couples said pair of latches together, wherein said contact part protrudes most outwardly toward said bend in said first contact portion, wherein said bend is formed in a position lower than said contact part, and wherein said first contact comes into contact with said second contact only at one point of said contact part.

Assignees

• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Horino Shintaro
• YAMAZAKI Genta

Classifications

• H01R13/6585 Primary

  Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts · CPC title

• H01R13/20

  Pins, blades, or sockets shaped, or provided with separate member, to retain co-operating parts together · CPC title

• H01R12/712

  co-operating with the surface of the printed circuit or with a coupling device exclusively provided on the surface of the printed circuit (H01R12/72 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01R12/73

  connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title

• H01R13/6582

  with resilient means for engaging mating connector · CPC title