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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2017
Bal Seal Engineering, Llc, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Derek Changsrivong, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Tony Quach, Fullerton, CA (US);
Bal Seal Engineering, LLC, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Abstract
Connector assemblies having a housing, a pin, and a spring length having two free ends are used as a mechanical connector to secure two objects or components together or an electrical connector for placing two sources in electrical communication with one another. The spring length can be a canted coil spring in which the two free ends are not connected to one another and the coils can have an elliptical shape or a complex coil shape. The spring length can be used with a retaining component, can be used in a recessed slot formed with the housing or the pin, or both with a retaining component and with a recessed slot.