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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:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuya Sagawa, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439852 ;
Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a female contact in which plastic deformation of a spring contact member is prevented. A front wall 30 which faces in the direction of engagement is formed by being bent from a front end of an upper wall 16 of a female contact 10. An insertion opening 32 into which the male contact 40 is inserted is formed in front wall 30. Furthermore, a guide plate 34 is provided to guide the male contact 40 into engagement with spring contact member 28 and to protect member 28 from being deformed.