Abstract: A hyperboloid contact socket is provided which comprises a tubular body of conductive material and preferably having at one end a lip defining an entrance aperture for receiving a mating pin terminal and having on the opposite end a termination of an intended configuration for attachment to a circuit board or other device or item. The tubular body contains a plurality of conductive wires conductively and permanently affixed at their respective ends torespective inner surfaces at or near the outer and inner ends of the body and disposed in an angular disposition to the longitudinal axis to form the shape of a single sheet hyperboloid. In one aspect of the invention a mandrel employed to orient the wires within the tubular body during fabrication of the contact socket remains attached to the tubular body after assembly of the contact wires and serves as a connecting pin to which various terminations can be attached.

Abstract: A hyperboloid contact socket is provided which can be manufactured in a cost efficient manner using automated high speed manufacturing processes and wherein different types of terminations can be affixed to the contact socket as desirable for user requirements.

Abstract: A hyperboloid contact socket is provided which can be manufactured in a cost efficient manner using automated high speed manufacturing processes and wherein different types of terminations can be affixed to the contact socket as desirable for user requirements. The contact socket comprises a tubular body of metal or other suitable conductive material and preferably having at one end a lip defining an entrance aperture for receiving a mating pin terminal and having on the opposite end a termination of an intended configuration for attachment to a circuit board or other device or item. The tubular body contains a plurality of conductive wires conductively and permanently affixed at their respective ends to respective inner surfaces at or near the outer and inner ends of the body and disposed in an angular disposition to the longitudinal axis to form the shape of a single sheet hyperboloid. No additional sleeves or tubes are necessary to secure the contact wires as in conventional hyperboloid contacts.

Abstract: A hyperboloid contact socket is provided which can be manufactured in a cost efficient manner using automated high speed manufacturing processes and wherein different types of terminations can be affixed to the contact socket as desirable for user requirements.

Abstract: An electrical contact (6) has a base (18) for surface mount engagement with a circuit board (4), first spring fingers (19) on a first edge of the base (18), and second spring fingers (21) on a second edge of the base (18), the first spring fingers (19) and the second spring fingers (21) projecting upwardly to define respective sides (24, 25) of at least one electrical receptacle (23), and each of the first spring fingers (19) being offset along the base (18) from each of the second spring fingers (21).

Abstract: A coaxial connector including a substantially cylindrical ring contact and a receptacle shell. The ring contact comprises a substantially cylindrical first end and a second end that includes a channel-shaped wall that forms a pair of opposing cantilevered beams disposed in substantially tangential-relation to the channel-shaped wall. The receptacle shell comprises a housing having a bore that extends through the receptacle shell and is defined by an internal wall. The internal wall of the housing also defines a shoulder formed by a portion of the wall that projects radially inwardly so as to be transversely oriented relative to the bore. Two transverse recesses are formed within the wall, substantially adjacent to an upper portion of the transverse projection.

Abstract: A coaxial connector (1) has a resilient cantilever beam (23) extending from a central contact portion (6), a beam engaging surface (33) on insulation material (3) to limit movement by deflection of a first resiliently deflectable portion (24) of the beam (23), a tab electrical terminal (27) at an unsupported end of the beam (23), and the beam (23) being curved back on itself adjacent the tab electrical terminal (27) to provide a second resiliently deflectable portion (26) of the beam (23).