(19)
(11) EP 0 748 000 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.04.1998 Bulletin 1998/14

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.12.1996 Bulletin 1996/50

(21) Application number: 96303447.5

(22) Date of filing: 15.05.1996
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: H01R 13/187
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 05.06.1995 US 464245

(71) Applicant: VLT CORPORATION
San Antonio, Texas 78230 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Nowak, Scott W.
    Londonderry, New Hampshire 03053 (US)

(74) Representative: Deans, Michael John Percy et al
Lloyd Wise, Tregear & Co., Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street
London WC1A 1LW
London WC1A 1LW (GB)

   


(54) Electrical connector


(57) A connector for a pin includes a support ring, and a contact ring of fingers that are (i) connected to and integrally formed with the support ring, (ii) held in a space within the support ring, (iii) define a channel within the contact ring for receiving the pin, and (iv) are resilient with respect to the outer support to apply radially inward forces on the pin. A resilient ring may be placed in the space between the support ring and contact ring.






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