US 12,142,867 B2
Female contact with stamped beams and method of manufacture
Patrice Rétho, Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf (FR)
Assigned to HYPERTAC S.A., Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf (FR)
Appl. No. 17/625,256
Filed by HYPERTAC S.A., Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf (FR)
PCT Filed Jul. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/051637
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/005362, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1909908 (GB), filed on Jul. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271461 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/187 (2006.01); H01R 13/03 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/187 (2013.01) [H01R 13/03 (2013.01); H01R 43/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female electrical contact for an electrical connector, comprising:
a conductive socket for a male electrical contact, the conductive socket comprising an opening, a peripheral wall, and a bottom; and
a stamped crown comprising:
a plurality of stamped conductive beams, the plurality of beams substantially regularly located along the peripheral wall in the socket,
each beam having a main direction of extension substantially from the opening to the bottom of the socket, and comprising a plurality of corrugations along the main direction of extension, the corrugations comprising summits towards inside the socket and valleys towards the peripheral wall, and
a stamped base configured to link the plurality of beams together and to mechanically contact the socket at the opening of the socket for mounting of the stamped crown in the socket,
wherein each beam defines a cantilever attached to the base at the opening of the socket,
wherein each beam is configured to elastically deform when coming into contact with the male contact on relative displacement of the male contact towards the bottom of the socket, and to contact the male electrical contact on a plurality of the summits of the corrugations when the male electrical contact is inserted in the socket.