The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1993
Yoshiji Kinoshita, Kawasaki, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an electrical contact that can be manufactured efficiently from narrow metal strips and an electrical connector for LANs etc. which uses such a contact. Electrical connector 10 includes an insulation housing 20 with one pair of compartments 21 and 22. A pair of electrical contacts 31 and 32 have tab contact sections 33 which extend through the rear wall of housing 20 into compartments 21 and 22. The tab contact sections 33a-33b, and 33c-33d of contacts 31 and 32 respectively are separate and parallel with respect to each other. They are connected at coupling sections 35, 36 and each has a connection terminal 37 and 38. The outer sections of coupling sections 35 and 36 are twisted in the fabrication process so that the tab contact sections of both contacts 31 and 32 are reversed up or down with respect to each other so that the tab contact sections 33a-33d are disposed in the same plane in compartments 21, 22.