Contact including a plurality of connectable parts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9755324-B2
Application number	US-201514817421-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 4, 2015
Priority date	Aug 8, 2014
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

A contact including a first connectable part, a second connectable part, and a middle part. The first connectable part includes a tube or plate. The plate has a cross section generally of U-shape, V-shape, C-shape, or L-shape. The tube or the plate includes a base and a first wall. The first wall extends from a first end portion of the base. The middle part includes a base and a first sloped portion. The base of the middle part is contiguously connected between the base of the first connectable part and the second connectable part. The first sloped portion is contiguously connected between the first wall and a first end portion of the second connectable part. The first sloped portion extends from a first end portion of the base of the middle part such that the first sloped portion slopes down toward the first end portion of the second connectable part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A contact, comprising:
a first connectable part, being electrically connectable to a first connection object and including a tube or plate extending in a first direction, the plate having a cross section generally of U-shape, V-shape, C-shape, or L-shape, the tube or the plate including:
a base including a first end portion on one side of a second direction, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction; and
a first wall extending from the first end portion of the base in a direction containing a component of a third direction, the third direction being orthogonal to the first and second directions;

a second connectable part, being a plate and being electrically connectable to a second connection object, extending in the first direction, and including a first end portion on the one side of the second direction; and
a middle part, including:
a base contiguously connected between the base of the first connectable part and the second connectable part, the base of the middle part including a first end portion on the one side of the second direction; and

a first sloped portion contiguously connected between the first wall of the first connectable part and the first end portion of the second connectable part, the first sloped portion extending from the first end portion of the base of the middle part in a direction containing a component of the third direction such that the first sloped portion slopes down toward the first end portion of the second connectable part, wherein
the first wall of the first connectable part has a dimension in the third direction,
the first end portion of the second connectable part is provided with a wall having a dimension in the third direction that is less than ⅛ of the dimension of the first wall; and
the contact is configured to transmit high-frequency signal from the first connection object to the second connection object.

2. The contact according to claim 1 , wherein
the first sloped portion has a slope angle of not greater than about 60 degrees relative to a first imaginary line, the first imaginary line extending in the first direction through a boundary between the first sloped portion and the first end portion of the second connectable part.

3. The contact according to claim 2 , wherein
the first sloped portion has a slope angle of not greater than about 45 degrees relative to the first imaginary line.

4. The contact according to claim 1 , wherein
the first end portion of the second connectable part extends relative to the first connectable part to the one side of the second direction or is recessed relative to the first connectable part to the other side of the second direction.

5. The contact according to claim 4 , wherein the first wall of the first connectable part curves or bends to the other side of the second direction.

6. The contact according to claim 4 , wherein
the first wall includes a distal face facing to the other side in the second direction,
the first end portion of the second connectable part includes an end face on the one side of the second direction,
the first sloped portion includes a sloped face, and
the sloped face extends to the one side of the second direction from an end on one side of the first direction of the distal face of the first wall of the first connectable part and then slopes down to the end face of the first end portion of the second connectable part.

7. The contact according to claim 4 , wherein
the first wall includes a distal face facing to in a direction including components of the other side of the second direction and the other side of the third direction,
the first end portion of the second connectable part includes an end face on the one side of the second direction,
the first sloped portion includes a sloped face, and
the sloped face slopes up, in a direction including a component of the one side of the third direction, from an end on one side of the first direction of the distal face of the first wall of the first connectable part and then slopes down to the end face of the first end portion of the second connectable part.

8. The contact according to claim 1 , wherein the first wall of the first connectable part curves or bends to the other side of the second direction.

9. The contact according to claim 1 , wherein
the plate of the first connectable part has a cross section generally of U-shape, V-shape, or C-shape,
the base of the first connectable part further includes a second end portion on the other side of the second direction,
the tube or the plate of the first connectable part further includes a second wall extending from the second end portion of the base of the first connectable part in a direction containing a component of the third direction,
the second connectable part further includes a second end portion on the other side of the second direction,
the base of the middle part further includes a second end portion on the other side of the second direction, and
the middle part further includes a second sloped portion contiguously connected between the second wall of the first connectable part and the second end portion of the second connectable part, the second sloped portion extending from the second end portion of the base of the middle part in a direction containing a component of the third direction such that the second sloped portion slopes down toward the second end portion of the second connectable part.

10. The contact according to claim 9 , wherein
the first sloped portion has a slope angle of not greater than about 60 degrees relative to a first imaginary line, the first imaginary line extending in the first direction through a boundary between the first sloped portion and the first end portion of the second connectable part, and
the second sloped portion has a slope angle of not greater than about 60 degrees relative to a second imaginary line, the second imaginary line extending in the first direction through a boundary between the second sloped portion and the second end portion of the second connectable part.

11. The contact according to claim 10 , wherein
the first sloped portion has a slope angle of not greater than about 45 degrees relative to the first imaginary line, and
the second sloped portion has a slope angle of not greater than about 45 degrees relative to the second imaginary line.

12. The contact according to claim 9 , wherein
the second connectable part is different from the first connectable part in dimension in the second direction.

13. The contact according to claim 9 , wherein
the first wall of the first connectable part curves or bends to the other side of the second direction, and
the second wall of the first connectable part curves or bends to the one side of the second direction.

14. The contact according to claim 13 , wherein
the first wall includes a distal face facing to in a direction including components of the other side of the second direction and the other side of the third direction,
the first end portion of the second connectable part includes an end face on the one side of the second direction,
the first sloped portion includes a sloped face, and
the sloped face slopes up, in a direction including a component of the one side of the third direction, from an end on one side of the first direction of the distal face of the first wall of the first connectable part and then slopes down to the end face of the first end portion of the second connectable part.

15. The contact according to claim 9 , wherein
the tube or the plate of the first connectable part includes:
a first end coup

Assignees

• Hosiden Corp

Inventors

• Kondo Hayato

Classifications

• H01R13/111

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

• H01R13/6474 Primary

  by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations · CPC title

• H01R4/16 Primary

  by bending · CPC title

• H01R12/57

  surface mounting terminals · CPC title