Abstract: The invention provides a contact and an electrical connector which are used to electrically connect a conductor pattern formed on a circuit board and a component to be connected that is positioned to face the circuit board, and in which the amount of displacement of the contact protruding part is large, while having a low height. The contact has a soldering part which is soldered to a conductor pattern formed on a circuit board, a spring arm which extends from the soldering part and which has a contact protruding part for contacting a component to be connected that is positioned to face the circuit board, and preload application parts which extend from the soldering part and contact the spring arm so that a preload is applied to the spring arm. The preload application parts are provided toward the fixed end of the spring arm relative to the contact protruding part.

Abstract: A contacting device, especially for an antenna amplifier in an automotive application to contact an antenna on a windshield or rear window of the vehicle has a lever-like contact element in the form of a strap or stirrup and bends lying in a plane and bearing upon the surfaces and bridging between them.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) mounted on a circuit board is provided for mating with an electric device. The electrical connector includes a dielectric housing (10) having a terminal passage (16), a pair of conductive contact elements (20) received in the housing, and a fixing pad (30) connecting the circuit board. Each conductive contact element includes a base portion (21) positioned in the terminal passage, a tail portion (22) arranged on one side of the housing for connecting with a circuit board, a contacting portion (24) which serves for contacting the electric device, and a spring portion (23) connecting the contacting portion resiliently to the base portion. The fixing pad is fixed to the other side of the housing for providing balanced force acted on the electrical connector during mating with the electric device.

Abstract: In a connector for connecting a mating connector to a connection object, an insulator holds a first contact terminal and a second contact terminal which is removable from the insulator. The first contact terminal has an outer contacting portion to be contacted to the mating connector, a mounting terminal portion to be connected to the connection object, and a spring portion connected between the outer contacting portion and the mounting terminal portion. The spring portion is elastically displaceable within the insulator. The second contact terminal makes contact with the spring portion to serve as a stub terminal when the outer contacting portion is brought into press-contact with the mating connector.

Abstract: A spring contact sheet (1) for the transfer of current between two components (10,11) of an electrochemical battery (21) has a sheet (2) with a number of spring tabs (3) bent out of the plane of the sheet (8). The invention allows good spring characteristics to be achieved with a high number of contacts per unit of surface at the same time, in that at least two of the spring tabs (3a,3b) are arranged and/or formed such that the bending moments (M) generated by each of the spring tabs (3a, 3b) in the plane of the sheet (8), when a force acts on the tips of the tabs (5) in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the sheet (8), are at least partially mutually eliminated.

Abstract: An electrical contact for use with a semiconductor device, a carrier, a probe card, or another substrate includes a dielectric core and a conductive coating on at least a portion thereof. Alternatively, an electrical contact may include a plurality of adjacent, mutually adhered regions comprising conductive material. The electrical contact may be rigid or flexible and resilient. Protective structures for use with flexible resilient contacts prevent deformation of such contacts beyond their elastic limits.

Abstract: A land grid array connector includes a housing having a plurality of passageways therethrough and a conductive contact provided in each passageway. A recess is formed in each passageway. Each contact has a deformable portion having a tip provided at an end thereof. The deformable portion is capable being in an undeformed position and in a deformed position. When a lateral force is placed on the deformable portion of each contact, at least a portion of the tip is maintained within the recess. The recess is sized and configured to limit lateral deflection of the tip upon deformation of the deformable portion in a lateral direction.

Abstract: An electrical card connector (100) for electrically connecting an electrical card with a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing (10) with a plurality of passageways (101) and a plurality of terminals (20) received in the passageways. Each terminal includes a main body (201), a contacting portion (203) for electrically contacting with the card, a soldering portion (204) for soldering the electrical card connector to the printed circuit board. The main body includes a pair of parallel girders (2011) and a pair of fixing portions (2012) perpendicularly and downwardly extend from opposite ends of the pair of girders. The insulative housing defines a plurality of recesses (1012) for receiving corresponding fixing portions of the terminals.

Abstract: The information storing medium has a substrate, a storing element, provided on the substrate, for storing information, a protecting portion, covering the storing element, for protecting the storing element, an electrical contact point that is provided beside the protecting portion on a side of the substrate, on which the storing element is provided, and is electrically connected to the storing element, and a sliding region that is provided on the electrical contact point. In the information storing medium, when the storing medium is mounted on the apparatus main body, the electrical contact point contacts a main body electrical contact point provided on the apparatus main body. Also, when the electrical contact point and the main body electrical contact point contact each other, the main body electrical contact point slides on the electrical contact point in the sliding region.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for a card (5) includes an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2) received in the housing and a shell (4) attached to the housing. The housing includes a bottom wall (11) having a number of passageways (111) and a number of support portions (113) extending from lower portion of the bottom wall and partially covering bottom surface of corresponding passageways. Each contact has a contact portion (22) having an upper convex portion upwardly projecting for contacting with the inserted card. Each of the contact portions comprises an abutting portion (24) having a lower convex surface downwardly projecting for abutting against the support portion. The contact portions and the abutting portions are opposite to each other in a top-to-bottom direction.

Abstract: A connector for electrically connecting a first circuit board and a second circuit board includes an L-shaped main body, a first contacting spring, a second contacting spring and a positioning spring. The L-shaped main body has a lateral side, a bottom side and a supporting portion. The first contacting spring is disposed on the lateral side and is electrically connected to the first circuit board disposed on the supporting portion. The second contacting spring is disposed on the bottom side and is electrically connected to the first contacting spring and the second circuit board. The positioning spring is disposed on the lateral side and on the top of the first contacting spring. The first circuit board is confined and positioned along a first direction as a result of the presence of the positioning spring.

Abstract: An electrical contact (1) includes a retention portion (10), a pair of spring arms (12,13) extending from two opposite sides of the retention portion, a pair of contact portions (14,15) formed at respective free ends of the spring arms and first and second cantilevers (16,17) extending from the free ends of the spring arms generally toward each other. The first and second cantilevers are spaced apart at some dimension when the contact is in an uncompressed state. First and second mating sections (160,170) formed at respective free ends of the first and second cantilevers, each having a sectional width larger than that of each of the free ends of the cantilevers, when the contact is compressed, the cantilevers close toward each other, the mating sections thereof engaging each other. Thus a shortened electrical path is established between the contact portions.

Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a housing having a plurality of conductive element receiving regions within which a plurality of conductive elements are provided. The conductive elements are of a kind formed from an elongate sheet material which has been bent out of plane to define at least a first contact region a second contact region and a beam region intermediate of the first end second regions, the first and second contact regions being in a resiliently movable disposition relative to each other. Each conductive element is captured with the receiving region yet allowing movement of the contact regions relative to the housing. The capture includes the inter-engagement a locking section of conductive element and of the housing as a result of a cantilevered fixing of the conductive element to the housing in the in plane direction and the biasing of the locking section of the conductive element towards inter engagement as a result of the in plane rigidity of the conductive elements.

Abstract: A card-receiving device for receiving a card having a plurality of terminal electrodes at an end in the insertion direction includes a loading slot for the card, a plurality of connecting terminals respectively connected to the terminal electrodes of the card, a reference plane against which one surface of the card in the thickness direction is pressed, a height-adjusting section pressed against the other surface of the card in the thickness direction, and first biasing means for biasing the height-adjusting section toward the reference plane.

Abstract: In an electrical connector to be connected to a mating connector in a predetermined direction, an insulator defines an accommodating space and an opening communicating the accommodating space in the predetermined direction. A contact as a base portion held by the insulator and a spring portion connected to the base portion. The spring portion has a first portion extending from the base portion in the accommodating space to intersect with the predetermined direction, a second portion turned opposite to the opening from the first portion and extending in the accommodating space to intersect with the predetermined direction, and a third portion extending from the second portion to pass through the opening. The third portion has a contact portion located outside the accommodating space to be elastically contacted with the mating connector.

Abstract: A board-to-board connector is disposed between and interconnects two printed circuit boards electrically in such a manner that once a slight misalignment occurs therebetween the electrical connection thereof is unaffected by virtue of predetermined positionally limiting relationship between the holding and mounting members of plug and clamp bodies of the connector.

Abstract: An electronic card connector comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals, and a plurality of terminal passageways penetrating the insulating housing from its top to its bottom. The conductive terminals can be respectively received in corresponding terminal passageways. In addition to a base portion, each conductive terminal comprises a soldering tail and a contact portion, and they are disposed at the opposite ends of the conductive terminal respectively. Accepting recesses are formed at the bottom of the insulating housing to receive the soldering tail. Interference portions designed to hold the soldering tails are formed on the inner walls of the accepting recesses. An elevated platform is formed in the middle of each accepting recess for being pressed against by the soldering tail. An approximately U-shaped slot is formed in between two neighboring accepting recesses to enhance the holding strength of the interference portion to the soldering tail.

Abstract: A test device includes a test receptacle from which projects contact elements project and spring contacts that can be electrically contact-connected to the external contacts of an integrated circuit type. Corresponding to the external contact positions of the integrated circuit type, the test device includes module components having at least one electrically conductive contact plate and having an insulating carrier plate, the contact plate being incorporated in cutouts of the carrier plate and having a contact section, a spring section and a holding section.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing and a conductive contact assembled to the housing. The housing including a board (10) and opposite side walls (13) projecting upwardly and downwardly beyond the board. The board includes a top surface (11) and a bottom surface (12). The contact includes a base portion (20), a first spring arm (21) for engaging with an antenna (3) and a second spring arm (22) for resiliently pressing a printed circuit board (4). The second spring arm includes a retention portion (221) and a resilient portion (222) extending from the distal end of the retention portion. A bent is formed at a location between the retention portion and the resilient portion, whereby providing the resilient portion with enough flexibility.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a connector for electrically connecting a card and a lead wire. The connector includes a housing to and from which the card can be inserted and pulled out along a surface of the housing and a contact built in the housing, the contact having a pair of exposed ends, one of the exposed ends capable of connecting to the lead wire, the other of the exposed ends capable of connecting to the card when the card is inserted. The housing has a first communication hole communicating with the contact, and the first communication hole has a diameter which allows a probe for a connector conduction test to be inserted into the first communication hole. According to the present invention, the first communication hole defined by the support pin for supporting the contacts are utilized as the insertion holes of the probe for the connector conduction test, so that production efficiency of the connector can be improved.

Abstract: An electrical contact (2) comprises a mating portion (23), a preload portion (24) extending away from the mating portion, a retention portion (22) extending from the mating portion and a solder portion (21) for soldering the electrical contact to a printed circuit board. The mating portion has a tab resiliently abutting against the housing. The preload portions and the tabs of the electrical contacts ensure a reliable electrical connection between the electrical contacts and electrical elements mating with the electrical contacts.

Abstract: A land grid array socket contact has a resilient contact that extends parallel to a base plate and is attached to at least one side walls of the base plate by a curved section angled approximately 180 degrees from the at least one side wall. The resilient contact has a free end for contacting a contact pad. A board terminal extends from a lower end of the base plate for connection to a circuit board. In another embodiment, the land grid array socket contact has a resilient contact extending from an upper end of a base plate. The resilient contact has an elongated slit substantially in a center of the resilient contact with respect to a direction of width and a free end for contacting a contact pad. A board terminal extends from a lower end of the base plate for connection to a circuit board.

Abstract: A connector includes sheet metal contacts (40, 42) with termination ends (60, 62) for terminating to wires and with mating ends (70, 72) for mating to other contact devices such as circuit board pads. Each terminating end includes a wide groove part (90) with a groove bottom (94) that receives the wire insulation and with a pair of wide groove part wings (96, 98) that are crimped around the insulation. Each termination end also includes a narrow groove part (100) for receiving a bared conductor of the wire, the narrow groove part having a bottom (104) that is offset from the wide groove part bottom (94), and the narrow groove part having a pair of narrow groove part wings (106, 108) that are crimped around the wire conductor.

Abstract: An electronic part-mounting socket includes a socket housing, and contacts The socket housing has contact receiving grooves formed at a bottom plate portion of an electronic part-receiving portion. The contact of an integral construction includes a fixing piece portion, a terminal piece portion laterally bent at a lower end of the fixing piece portion, a first bent-back portion formed by bending back a distal end portion of the terminal piece portion into a U-shape, an intermediate spring piece portion extending laterally from the first bent-back portion, a second bent-back portion formed by bending back a distal end portion of the intermediate spring piece portion into a U-shape, and a resilient contact piece portion extending continuously from the second bent-back portion in an upwardly-slanting manner. The fixing piece portions are inserted respectively in contact fixing holes, formed in the socket housing in an upward-downward direction, and are fixed thereto.

Abstract: A conductive terminal is positioned in an insulative housing to constitute an electrical connector. The insulative housing is formed with a first face and a second face opposite to each other, and has a plurality of terminal receiving cavities extending through the first face and the second face. The conductive terminal includes a base for abutting against the corresponding terminal receiving cavity to achieve positioning. The base has two spaced-apart opposite sidewalls. Each sidewall is formed with a first edge and a second edge opposite to each other in a direction of extension of the terminal receiving cavity. A plurality of resilient arms extend outwardly from certain of the edges of the sidewalls such that the first and second contact portions of the resilient arms are respectively and electrically connected to an electronic component and a circuit board to transmit signals between the electronic component and the circuit board through the conductive terminal.

Abstract: An LGA contact (40, 40?) for electrically connecting an IC package (32, 32?) and a PCB (34, 34?) includes a vertical basic part (42 and 44, 42? and 44?), a vertical section (43, 43?) bendedly outwardly extending from a lateral side of the vertical basic part, an arm (48, 48?) extending upwardly from a top of said vertical section and a contacting portion (49, 49?) extending from an distal end of the arm. The arm has a rearwardly extending portion (482, 482?) and a forwardly extending portion (480, 480?). Further, two projections of the vertical section and the vertical basic part on a horizontal surface form an acute angle therebetween, thereby the arm can be devised to be relatively long to get good spring characteristics and many of this kind of contacts can be arranged in a relative less pitch as being assembled a housing (50, 50?).

Abstract: An electrical contact (1) includes a retention portion (10) and a cantilever (12) extending upwardly from the retention portion. The cantilever includes a first extending portion (121) and a second extending portion (120) bent vertically from the first extending portion. A top elevation projection of the second extending portion relative to the retention portion forms an acute angle therebetween. The first and second extending portions are both resiliently deformable. Thus the contact attains good resilient characteristics. Moreover, a contact strip (16) for the contact comprises an elongate carrier strip (160) and a plurality of strip contacts (1?) attached to the carrier strip. Each strip contact includes a cantilever (12?) having a second extending portion (120?). The second extending portion is orientated at an acute angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the carrier strip. Thus gaps between two adjacent strip contacts are small, which reduces production costs of the contact.

Abstract: A contact is provided for use in an interface connector. The contact comprises a contact beam 12 having a mating surface proximate a first end of the contact beam. The mating surface 16 is configured to join a contact pad, such as on a module board to carry high speed data signals therebetween. The contact further includes a tail portion configured to join a contact pad, such as on a host board. A leg portion of the contact joins and interconnects the tail portion and a second end of the contact beam. The leg portion includes a retention segment, through which a signal transmission path passes as data signals are carried through the leg portion between the tail portion and contact beam, thereby reducing signal degradation. The retention segment is configured to secure the leg portion within a connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (10) defining a receiving space (111) and a passageway (120) communicating with the receiving space, and an electrical contact (21) received in the passageway of the insulative housing. The electrical contact includes a body portion (210), a resilient arm (211) having a contact portion (212) projecting into the receiving space of the insulative housing and an extension (213) extending from the contact portion, and a tab (215) extending from the body portion and having a pressing portion (216) pressing the extension of the resilient arm to deflect the resilient arm toward the body portion.

Abstract: A conductive terminal is positioned in an insulative housing to constitute an electrical connector. The insulative housing is formed with a first face and a second face, and has a plurality of terminal receiving cavities. The conductive terminal includes a base abutting against the corresponding terminal receiving cavity to achieve positioning. The base has two adjacent sidewalls forming an angle therebetween. Each of the sidewalls is formed with opposite first and second edges in a direction of extension of the terminal receiving cavity. First and second resilient arms extend respectively from the first edges of the two sidewalls. The first resilient arm has a first contact portion extending from a free end. The second resilient arm extends to pass between the two sidewalls so as to form a second contact portion at a free end.

Abstract: This invention provides an improved terminal and a connector using the terminal. The connector includes an insulating housing and at least one conductive terminal. The insulating housing has an insert end, a connecting end opposite to the insert end, and at least one terminal passage extending through the insert end and the connecting end. The conductive terminal is received correspondingly in the terminal passage of the insulating housing, and has a securing portion that generates interference positioning with the insulating housing, a coupling portion connected to the securing portion and located proximate to the connecting end of the insulating housing, and at least two contact portions connected to the securing portion and located proximate to the insert end of the insulating housing such that the coupling portion connects electrically with an end portion of a corresponding lead wire, and the contact portions contact electrically corresponding terminals of a matching electrical connector.

Abstract: A contact is provided for use in a land grid array (LGA) socket. The contact includes a support body defining a support body plane. The support body is configured to be held in a hole in an LGA socket and has opposed side edges. The contact also includes a contact beam having a base portion projecting from one of the side edges. The base portion extends along a base axis and has an upper end joined at a deflectable bend with an outer portion of the contact beam. The outer portion is configured to have surface mounted thereon an adjoining contact, and the outer portion projects from the bend at a first angle with respect to the base axis and at a second angle with respect to the support body plane.

Abstract: A socket for an electrical part includes a socket body having one surface to which an electrical part is to be mounted and another surface to which a printed circuit board is to be mounted, and a contact pin provided for the socket body for achieving electrical connection between the electrical part and the printed circuit board. The contact pin is provided with a springy portion formed with a plurality of curved portions, an electrical part side contact portion formed to a front end side of the springy portion so as to be contacted to a terminal of the electrical part to be thereby electrically connected thereto, a printed circuit board side contact portion formed to one of the curved portions of the springy portion so as to be contacted to the printed circuit board to be thereby electrically connected thereto, and an electric path formed between these contact portions.

Abstract: Lead-wire terminals each are formed of an electroconductive curvy wire. The curvy wire includes a first U-shaped yoke, a second U-shaped yoke, a connecting potion connected between the first and second yokes, and a contact portion extending downwards and then parallel from a distal end of the second yoke, wherein each of the first and second yokes has an opening facing towards the same direction. Accordingly, the two yokes clamp the card connector by the two yokes to be securely positioned on the card connector.

Abstract: The present invention involves a universal connector assembly for electronic interconnection. The connector assembly includes a printed circuit board to which a male insert is in electrical communication. The male insert includes a strain relief tail connected to the printed circuit board and extends to a contact head. The assembly further includes a female socket for receiving the contact head of the male insert. The female socket has receiving members extending from a base to respective ends. The ends are biasingly spaced apart to define an opening through which the male insert is disposed for electrical contact with the female socket. The receiving members have an inside contact surface and an outside surface wherein the inside surface is configured to complement the outer contact wall of the male insert for electrical engagement when the male insert is disposed through the opening. The assembly further comprises a connector housing to which the base of the female socket is attached.

Abstract: An electrical connector (10) includes an insulative housing (12) and a plurality of contacts (14) accommodating in the housing. Each contact comprises a spring arm (143) defining a lower portion (144), a medial portion (145) and an upper portion (146). The upper portion includes an extending beam (147) connecting with the medial portion, a contacting portion (149) for connecting with a mating component (30), and a connecting beam (148) connecting the extending beam and the contacting portion. The extending beam has a first axis A, about which the extending beam is symmetrical, and the contacting portion has a second axis B, about which the contacting portion is symmetrical. The second axis is deflective from the first axis and an angle C is formed therebetween accordingly. Thus, the superposed area between the contacting portion and the mating component is increased, which enables more reliable electrical connection therebetween.

Abstract: A socket electrically connects an integrated circuit package and a circuit board. The socket includes a frames having a plurality of electrical connectors mounted to the frame. The plurality of electrical connectors includes at least one pair of power and ground connectors, with power connector including a first broadside portion and the ground connector including a second broadside portion. The first and second broadside portion are disposed in an adjacent, spaced-apart, and substantially parallel relationship.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for use in a device having a battery and one or more power consuming circuit boards that are powered by the battery. The battery connector includes one or more electrical conduits and a housing. Each electrical conduit includes a battery contact, a first circuit board contact, and as second circuit board contacts. The battery contact is for contacting the battery and forming an electrical connection therebetween. The first and second circuit board contacts are for contacting the one or more circuit boards and forming electrical connections therebetween. The housing retains the electrical conduits.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an integrally formed conductive terminal having a first contact portion, a second contact portion, and a bent retaining portion with an upper end connected to the first contact portion and a lower end disposed below the upper end and connected to the second contact portion. An electronic apparatus incorporating the electrical connector is also disclosed.

Abstract: A conductive terminal is positioned in an insulative housing to constitute an electrical connector. The insulative housing is formed with a first face and a second face opposite to each other, and has a plurality of terminal receiving cavities extending through the first face and the second face. The conductive terminal includes a base for abutting against the corresponding terminal receiving cavity. The base has two adjacent sidewalls forming an angle therebetween. A resilient arm extends from one edge of one of the sidewalls in a direction of extension of the terminal receiving cavity. The resilient arm is bent back to approach the opposite other edge of the corresponding sidewall and forms a non-closed ring-shape with the corresponding sidewall. Two opposite ends of the resilient arm which are farthest away from the corresponding sidewall are respectively formed with a first contact portion and a second contact portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector to make an electrical connection between a first electrical device and an electrical trace of a circuit of a second electrical device. The first electrical device is of a kind which includes two surfaces, the planes of which are not parallel to each other. A first of the two surfaces has disposed thereon a first conductive pad region and a second of the two surfaces has disposed thereon a second conductive pad region. The first and second conductive pad regions are in electrical connection with each other. The electrical connector includes a housing, at least one conductive element, and, which includes a first contact region for engagement with the first conductive pad region, a second contact region for engagement with the second conductive pad region, and a third contact region to make contact with the electrical trace of the second electrical device.

Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed which includes a plurality of contacts mounted to a housing. The contact includes a first contact portion, a body portion, and a second contact portion. The first contact portion includes a tongue and a pair of retention members. The second contact portion can be bifurcated. The housing includes a plurality of insertion openings which each communicate with a respective cavity. Each cavity includes a pair of side walls, a pair of guide fins, an aperture communicating with a first surface of the housing, a seat, a support, and a slot. The first contact portions of the contacts are retentively engaged with the housing and are disposed in the respective cavities. The electrical connector can be used in an electrical device, such as, a sensor, for example. The electrical device can be mated to another electrical component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a contact assembly with non-coplanarity arrangement which includes a plurality of contacts and a contact belt. The contacts are stamped integrally in a piece of sheet metal. Each contact forms a solder portion, a connected portion and a conductive portion. The solder portions are aligned side by side and join the terminal belt as a whole. Each of the connected portions is extended from a free end of the solder portion. The conductive portions are aligned an arc shape and define a connecting end in one end thereof for joining integrated with the connected portion. As assembling, the plurality of contacts are assembled in a light pen as whole by once manipulation action.

Abstract: An electrical connector for establishing electrical connection between a conductive portion of an LCD display and conductive elements of a printed circuit board comprises a substantially planar insulative connector housing and a plurality of electrical contacts supported thereby. Each contact includes a deflectable spring-like portion for resilient engagement with the LCD display and a tail portion for conductive engagement with the printed circuit board. Each contact further includes therebetween a mid-section secured to the insulative housing. The contacts are supported in the housing in laterally spaced disposition with respect to each other, and are adapted to provide sufficient normal forces to maintain sufficient mechanical and electrical connection between the connector and each of an LCD display and a printed circuit board. Contact free ends may be captured in a slot in the housing and the housing may include a flexible extent to provide increased contact pressure upon mating.

Abstract: An electric connector formed of an electrically insulative housing and terminals installed in respective terminal slots of the housing is disclosed in which each terminal has a U-shaped springy supporting portion supported inside one terminal slot of the housing, a vertical arm downwardly extended from one end of the U-shaped springy supporting portion, and a contact tip extended from the bottom end of the vertical arm suspended outside the housing for the contact of a corresponding contact of a circuit board.

Abstract: In a connector used for connecting a connection object which is movable in a first direction (A1), an insulator (11) has a main surface (13) spreading in the first direction and a second direction (A2) perpendicular thereto. Each of conductive contacts (31) is retained by the insulator and has a contact portion (37) protruding outward from the main surface of the insulator in a third direction (A3) perpendicular to the first and second directions. The contact portion is elastically supported by a spring portion so as to be movable toward the inside of the insulator in the third direction. Extended portions (37a) extend from the contact portion into the inside of the insulator, each extending in a direction crossing the first and third directions in a plane spreading in the first and third directions. Further, the insulator has guide surfaces (21a) for guiding movement of the extended portions in the third direction.

Abstract: An electronic connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of terminal slots and a plurality of terminals received in the corresponding terminal slots. Each of the terminals includes a base having a top side and a bottom side, and both of the top side and the bottom side have a first end and a second end. A first elastic arm frontward extends from the first end of the top side and further laterally extends in a horizontal direction parallel to the top side toward the second end of the top side. A second elastic arm frontward extends from the first end of the bottom side and further laterally extends in a horizontal direction parallel to the bottom side toward the second end of the bottom side. The electronic connector of the present invention can effectively disperse pressing forces and improve an inserted stability of the terminal.

Abstract: A connector for mounting to a circuit board, includes a housing and a plurality of terminals arranged side by side at the predetermined pitch. Each terminal includes a flat base portion, a pair of contact members formed from a continuous folded-back portion that is folded back to one side of the flat base portion, and a carrier coupling section that is bent at substantially right angle to the opposite side of the flat base portion. The housing holds the terminals by an over-molding of the housing around the flat base portions of the terminals to form a generally flat plate-like housing. The pair of contact members of the terminal extends toward one surface of the dielectric housing and the carrier coupling section extends toward the other surface of the housing.

Abstract: The information storing medium has a substrate, a storing element, provided on the substrate, for storing information, a protecting portion, covering the storing element, for protecting the storing element, an electrical contact point that is provided beside the protecting portion on a side of the substrate, on which the storing element is provided, and is electrically connected to the storing element, and a sliding region that is provided on the electrical contact point. In the information storing medium, when the storing medium is mounted on the apparatus main body, the electrical contact point contacts a main body electrical contact point provided on the apparatus main body. Also, when the electrical contact point and the main body electrical contact point contact each other, the main body electrical contact point slides on the electrical contact point in the sliding region.

Abstract: A contact to connect wires to electronic instruments includes an elongated body. The elongated body has a front, a rear, two opposite sides and a clamp. The front of the elongated body is bent to form a contact point by stamping. The clamp is formed at the rear of the elongated body, has multiple clamping fingers and recesses and connects a wire to the contact. The clamping fingers are formed complementarily on opposite sides of the elongated body. The recesses are defined transversely in the elongated body and respectively in the clamping fingers. Consequently, the clamp will efficiently grip and hold a wire when a stamp machine rolls the clamping fingers around the wire so the clamping fingers squeeze the wire.