Patent ID: 8066536
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A spring connector, comprising: a barrel comprising a longitudinal space formed therein, a first shoulder extending inward from a top thereof, an opening formed at a middle portion of the first shoulder and connected to the longitudinal space, and a bottom plate formed at a bottom thereof; a plunger comprising an upper contact portion protruding upward from the opening, a lower sliding portion received in the longitudinal space, a limit recess formed in the lower sliding portion and opened at a bottom surface of the lower sliding portion and connected to the longitudinal space, and a second shoulder formed between the upper contact portion and the lower sliding portion; and a spring being compressed in the longitudinal space, of which a top end portion is received in and limited by the limit recess; wherein at least one of the bottom and a middle portion of the barrel forms a narrower portion which forms a narrower waist when the narrower portion is formed at the middle portion of the barrel, a top of the narrower portion extends outward to form a third shoulder, a bottom end portion of the spring is limited by the narrower portion, and the movement of the lower sliding portion is limited between the first shoulder and the third shoulder.