US 12,237,604 B2
Electrical connector
Chiuming Lu, Lisle, IL (US); and Robert Piszczor, LaGrange, IL (US)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/778,858
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066005
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127431, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/950,939, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0025463 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/11 (2006.01); H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 13/422 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01); H01R 25/14 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/113 (2013.01) [H01R 4/48 (2013.01); H01R 13/4223 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01); H01R 25/142 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing having a first end and a second end, and a cavity extending from the first end to the second end;
a first electrical contact including a first planar body having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein a first longitudinal axis is defined between the first and second ends of the first planar body, first spring fingers extending from the first end of the first planar body, the first spring fingers being proximate to the first end of the first planar body, and a first mounting portion extending from the first planar body, the first mounting portion including a first section extending from the first planar body and which is perpendicular to the first planar body and a second section extending from the first section and which is perpendicular to the first section, the second section being fixed to the housing, the first planar body, the first spring fingers and the first mounting portion being positioned within the cavity of the housing;
a second electrical contact including a second planar body having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein a second longitudinal axis is defined between the first and second ends of the second planar body, second spring fingers extending from the first end of the second planar body, the second spring fingers being proximate to the first end of the second planar body, and a second mounting portion extending from the second planar body, the second mounting portion including a first section extending from the second planar body and which is perpendicular to the second planar body and a second section extending from the first section of the second mounting portion and which is perpendicular to the first section of the second mounting portion, the second section of the second mounting portion being fixed to the housing, the second planar body, the second spring fingers and the second mounting portion being positioned within the cavity of the housing; and
a clamp coupling the first and second planar bodies together, the first and second spring fingers define a receiving space therebetween which is configured to receive a conductive component, wherein a first deflection zone is defined between the clamp and first ends of the first and second spring fingers, wherein, in the first deflection zone, the first and second spring fingers are configured to deflect in a lateral direction within the cavity relative to the respective first and second longitudinal axes to receive the conductive component within the receiving space, wherein a second deflection zone is defined between the first ends of the first and second spring fingers and the second ends of the first and second planar bodies, and wherein, in the second deflection zone, the first and second planar bodies and the first and second spring fingers are configured to deflect in the lateral direction within the cavity when the conductive component is received within the receiving space but the conductive component is not directly aligned with the receiving space.