US 11,870,194 B2
Shaped contact
Jianchou (Jackson) Chen, Dongguan (CN); YuQiang (Thomas) Zhao, Shanghai (CN); Hongbo (Noah) Zhou, Dongguan (CN); Wei Yao, Kunshan (CN); Zhiwei (Will) Liu, Dongguan (CN); and Binglin (Aaron) Feng, Dongguan (CN)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN); and Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., Dongguan (CN)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Shanghai (CN); and Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., Dongguan (CN)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,594.
Claims priority of application No. 202110323246.2 (CN), filed on Mar. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0311150 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 4/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/11 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 4/184 (2013.01) [H01R 13/11 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flag shape contact, comprising:
a substrate;
a plug-in structure receiving a mating contact, the plug-in structure extending from the substrate in a first direction; and
a riveting structure adapted to attach a wire conductor to the contact, the riveting structure extending from the substrate in a second direction, distinct from the first direction, the riveting structure is disposed outside an extension area of the plug-in structure in the first direction, the riveting structure defining:
a base portion extending from and parallel to the substrate, and
a crimping portion,
wherein one end of the crimping portion extends from one side edge of the base portion and another end of the crimping portion is formed with a crimping tongue having a planar surface, the base portion including a notch in a side edge for receiving the planar surface of the crimping tongue.