Smk Corporation

Uniden Corporation

Masakatsu Shimada

Kenji Nagai

Motokazu Sasa

Yoshihiro Matsuyama

Akio Shogen

Masaya Fujino

Provided is an interterminal connection structure capable of eliminating the precipitate adhering to the terminal with the installation operation, securing the electrically connected state of the terminal between a pair of members, and easily accommodating to design changes in the spring load. In a cordless handset of a domestic telephone, the conductive state of the terminals employed in the electrical connection between this cordless handset and battery charger is made to contact in a mutually intersecting manner, and, in addition, the terminal on the battery charger side is made to rotate and move pursuant to the installation operation of the cordless handset, and the contact position is gradually moved while maintaining this contact state via such rotating movement. Thus, even if there is a precipitate on the terminals, such precipitate will be chipped off due to the contact movement (sliding), and a loose connection can thereby be prevented.

Recharging terminal

A cigar lighter plug includes a slider therein slidable between first and second positions. At a first position of the slider, a contact spring is urged outward to a first radial position suitable for fitting the plug into a small size cigar lighter socket. At a second position of the slider, the contact spring is urged outward to a second radial position suitable for fitting the plug into a large size cigar lighter socket. In one embodiment, cooperation between a boss and depressions produces a click feel and sound to inform the user that an adjustment operation is completed. In another embodiment, a retention spring, generally similar to the contact spring, is moved to first and second radial positions during adjustment of the radial position of the contact spring.

Automotive cigar lighter plug

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Tokyo, Japan

Masakatsu Shimada