US 12,444,888 B2
Coil spring and connector with a coil spring
Stefan Seibuchner, Muehldorf a. Inn (DE)
Assigned to ODU GmbH & Co. KG, Muehldorf a. Inn (DE)
Filed by ODU GmbH & Co. KG, Muehldorf a. Inn (DE)
Filed on Jun. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/844,841.
Claims priority of application No. 21182800 (EP), filed on Jun. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006400 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6582 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 13/627 (2006.01); H01R 13/629 (2006.01); H01R 13/6583 (2011.01); F16F 1/04 (2006.01); F16F 1/06 (2006.01); H01R 11/01 (2006.01); H01R 13/33 (2006.01); H01R 13/642 (2006.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6582 (2013.01) [H01R 13/24 (2013.01); H01R 13/6271 (2013.01); H01R 13/6277 (2013.01); H01R 13/629 (2013.01); H01R 13/6583 (2013.01); F16F 1/04 (2013.01); F16F 1/06 (2013.01); F16F 1/065 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0058 (2013.01); H01R 11/01 (2013.01); H01R 13/33 (2013.01); H01R 13/627 (2013.01); H01R 13/642 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An annular coil spring accommodated in a groove of a connector part, wherein the groove is annular and non-circular in a circumferential direction, the coil spring comprising a longitudinal component located within the coil spring, wherein the longitudinal component runs generally along the direction of a longitudinal axis of the coil spring and wherein the longitudinal component is in contact with the coil spring, and wherein the longitudinal component biases the coil spring into a shape different from the coil spring's natural shape and that is different from a circular shape, and wherein the groove has two long parallel sides in the circumferential direction and the depth on the two long sides is shallower than the depth on other than the two long sides, and wherein the shape of the longitudinal component is determined so that, with the coil spring accommodated in the groove biased, the coil spring slightly protrudes from the groove on the two long sides, while preventing the coil spring from protruding from the groove other than on the two long sides.