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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Fumio Nozaki, Kitaibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
SMK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/404 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 2/404 ;
Abstract
A sleeve terminal includes elastic spring pieces cantilevered inside a housing about a plug insertion hole. The sleeve terminal elastically urges an electrode, on a plug inserted in the plug insertion hole, into stable electrical connection with a circuit. A plate portion of the sleeve terminal includes a first contact projection. A second and third contact projection are on each spring piece. During insertion, the spring pieces elastically urge the electrode into contact with each contact projection, eliminating a separate sleeve piece, and provide stable elastic electrical connection to the plug.