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(11) EP 0 451 525 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.10.1991 Bulletin 1991/42

(21) Application number: 91103828.9

(22) Date of filing: 13.03.1991
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/33
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 11.04.1990 US 507434

(71) Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
Armonk, N.Y. 10504 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bahri, Kanwal
    Wappingers Falls, N.Y. 12 590 (US)
  • Johnson, Richard Alfred
    Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12 603 (US)

(74) Representative: Klocke, Peter, Dipl.-Ing. 
IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH Patentwesen und Urheberrecht Pascalstrasse 100
70569 Stuttgart
70569 Stuttgart (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Electrical connector of the pin and socket type


    (57) An electrical connector of the Pin (10) and socket (20) type wherein the socket includes a bent tube (50) into which the pin (28) of the connector is inserted. The tube includes a double bend such that when the pin is fully inserted, it is deflected making three point contact between the pin and the sides of the tube. The described connector thus results in wiping action between the pin and the tube as the pin is inserted, providing good electrical contact between the pin and the tube.






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