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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:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Manfred Zeiss, Rüsselsheim, DE;
Thomas Ritter, Alzenau, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann VDO AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ; H05K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/200 ; H05K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A plug socket ( ) has a plug housing ( ) with a baseplate ( ). The baseplate ( ) has a respective contact surface ( ) on two opposite sides in order to seat it on a printed circuit board. A contact spring ( ) has two support regions ( ) which are curved in the shape of an arc in opposite directions and which together form the shape of an S lying on its side. The contact spring ( ) permits conductor track contact both in the case of surface mounting and plug-in mounting for the plug socket ( ).