Patent ID: 7621784
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A socket contact to be incorporated into a housing of a substantially rectangular body installed on a print substrate, the housing having a first face provided with an insertion opening in which a tabular opposing contact is inserted toward the print substrate; a second face adjacent to the first face of the housing; and a compartment that is open to the second face and in communication with the insertion opening, the socket contact comprising: a base portion formed in a U-shaped strip held in the compartment; and a pair of elastic arms having strip-shaped front end portions each extending from one of the end portions of the base portion and clamping the opposing contact, wherein: the base portion includes: a top panel portion formed in a substantially rectangular tabular shape; a pair of strip fragments wherein both wings of the top panel portion are curved and extend substantially planarly in a direction orthogonal to an extending direction in which the pair of elastic arms extend; and a pair of lead portions solderable to the print substrate, extending portions of the strip fragments being curved and each extending in an opposite direction from each other; wherein the top panel portion includes a first press fit fragment, extending in substantially the same direction as an extending direction of the pair of elastic arms, that is press fitted to an inner wall of the compartment, the pair of lead portions includes a second press fit fragment and a third press fit fragment, extending in a direction substantially identical to an extending direction of the pair of elastic arms, that are press fitted to an inner wall of the compartment, and the front end portions of the pair of elastic arms have a face in the thickness direction thereof that faces toward the insertion opening, and when the opposing contact is inserted into the insertion opening, the front end portions of the pair of elastic arms open in opposite directions.