Patent ID: 6922889
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A shifting device for shifting continuous terminals, the continuous terminals comprising a first row of continuous terminals and a second row of continuous terminals opposite to the first row of continuous terminals, the shifting device comprising: a body formed with a hole and an inlet and an outlet both communicating with the hole, a direction into the inlet and a direction out of the outlet being the same, the inlet being shifted a predetermined distance away from the outlet; and a shaft fitted with the hole of the body and defining a spiral channel with the body after fitting with the hole of the body, the spiral channel corresponding to the inlet and the outlet of the body, wherein the second row of continuous terminals enters the spiral channel from the inlet and goes out of the spiral channel from the outlet while the first row of continuous terminals travels over the inlet such that the second row of continuous terminals is shifted the predetermined distance away from the first row of continuous terminals at the outlet.