Patent ID: 6716043
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A spring connector, comprising:an insulating holder, having a first face and a second face, the insulating holder formed with a first hole having a first diameter at the first face, and a second hole having a second diameter larger than the first diameter and extended from the second face so as to communicate with the first hole; a plate-shaped conductive terminal, having a base portion, at least one pair of guide portions extended from the base portion so as to define a concave portion between opposed inner edges of the guide portions, the terminal fitted into the second hole such that the concave portion faces the first hole; a conductive pin, including a plunger portion having a diameter smaller than the first diameter and a bulged portion having a diameter larger than the first diameter, the bulged portion of the pin having opposed grooves at its periphery that run parallel to a longitudinal axis of the plunger portion and are fitted with the opposed inner edges of the guide portions so as to be slidable along the concave portion; and a spring member, provided in the concave portion so as to urge the pin toward the first face of the holder, so that the plunger portion of the pin is retractably protruded from the first face of the holder through the first hole.