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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuya Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Hatakeyama, Iwate, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Tokin Corporation, Sendai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/122 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/122 ;
Abstract
A connector contact has a main body portion, a pair of elastic pieces extending like beams on the same side from two sides of the main body portion, and contact portions respectively formed at distal ends of the elastic pieces, to come into contact with a male contact inserted between the contact portions. The pair of elastic pieces have, at their distal ends, protrusions at which the contact portions are to be arranged and each of which projects in a lateral direction opposite to the other elastic piece. The pair of elastic pieces are deformed by twisting or bending, so that the contact portions oppose each other.