Patent ID: 6464512
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: H01M,H01R,H05K,Y02E

Abstract:
An apparatus for use with electrical equipment, said apparatus comprising a plurality of spring-loaded contacts for making an electrical connection by resiliently presssing against terminals of the electrical equipment when attached to said apparatus in a detachable fashion, wherein said spring-loaded contacts comprises at least one first spring-loaded contact and at least one second spring-loaded contact disposed in close proximity to one another, each of said first and second spring-loaded contacts comprising:a pair of connection segments for electrically connecting with the electrical equipment terminals, said connection segments being disposed in close proximity to one another; a pair of attachment segments for attaching to a board or substrate; and a pair of flexible arm segments interconnecting said attachment segments and said connection segments, each of said flexible arm segments being resiliently deformable so as to resiliently press the connection segments against the electrical equipment terminals, wherein said pair of flexible arm segments of said first spring-loaded contact are contiguous with said pair of connection segments of said first spring-loaded contact, and said pair of flexible arm segments of said first spring-loaded contact define a widened end region relative to an opposite end region that is defined by said connection segments of said first spring-loaded contact, wherein said flexible arm segments of said first spring-loaded contact extend in an extension direction towards said connection segments of said second spring-loaded contact, and a part of said second spring-loaded contact is disposed inside the widened end region of said first spring-loaded contact, and the widened end region extends in a direction that is perpendicular to the extension direction.