(19)
(11)EP 0 996 197 A3

(12)EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)Date of publication A3:
29.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/05

(43)Date of publication A2:
26.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/17

(21)Application number: 99308343.5

(22)Date of filing:  22.10.1999
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC)7H01R 13/24
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30)Priority: 23.10.1998 JP 30310498

(71)Applicant: Nokia Corporation
02150 Espoo (FI)

(72)Inventor:
  • Snyder, Matthew
    Tokyo 158-0093 (JP)

(74)Representative: Slingsby, Philip Roy et al
Page White & Farrer 54 Doughty Street
London WC1N 2LS
London WC1N 2LS (GB)

  


(54)Electrical connection device and electronic instrument using it.


(57) To provide a low-cost electrical connection device which achieves lowering of the profile of an electronic instrument main body and prevents the occurrence of chattering [sic] and an electronic instrument using this device. A holding section which opens extending from an LCD hoider which holds an LCD and is mounted on a circuit substrate is provided, there is provided an insulation element made of soft resin which is press-fitted in this holding section, is fixed and held by a retention portion and retention portions, is located between the circuit substrate and a speaker and absorbs impact such as vibration, etc. which is imposed from the exterior, and there is provided a pair of coil springs which pass through and are held by the insulation element and electrically connect the terminal portions of the circuit substrate and the terminal portions of the speaker.







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