AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL AND A ZERO INSERTION FORCE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING SUCH TERMINALS

AN ELECTRICAL TERMINAL AND A ZERO INSERTION FORCE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING SUCH TERMINALS

An electrical terminal (10) has a spring beam part (31) anchored to a support (30) and from which extends a contact spring portion (12) having a contact surface (16) for engaging a conductor (52) of a circuit board (50), upon a cam follower (40) being withdrawn from an abutment surface (14) of the c...

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Hauptverfasser: HAMSHER, WILBUR ARTHUR, JR, WEBER, ROBERT NEY
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
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Zusammenfassung:An electrical terminal (10) has a spring beam part (31) anchored to a support (30) and from which extends a contact spring portion (12) having a contact surface (16) for engaging a conductor (52) of a circuit board (50), upon a cam follower (40) being withdrawn from an abutment surface (14) of the contact spring portion (12). The contact spring portion (12) is so formed that it is deflected by the cam follower (40) when it is applied to the abutment surface (14), before the spring beam part (31) is deflected, and so that when the cam follower (40) is withdrawn from the abutment surface (14), the contact surface (16) wipes along the conductor (52). A plurality of the terminals (10) may be incorporated in a zero insertion force circuit board edge connector.