Contact arrangement
View Patent ↗An elastic member made of a metallic conductor is installed inside a main body. A contact head made of a conductor is pressed by a force exerted from the elastic member against an object to be contacted. The contact head is connected to a wire constituting a part of an electric conduction path. An insulator for breaking electric continuity between the elastic member and the contact head is inserted between the elastic member and the contact head. In addition to establishing electrical continuity with the object to be contacted using the wire and the contact head rather than the elastic member, the elastic member is insulated from the contact head and placed apart from the contact head to suppress parasitic capacitance between the elastic member and the contact head.
1. A contact arrangement for a high-frequency circuit comprising:
a main body;
an elastic member installed inside said main body;
a contact head made of a conductor and pressed by a force exerted from said elastic member against an object to be contacted;
an insulator inserted between said elastic member and said contact head to break electric continuity between said elastic member and said contact head, and
a wire physically connected to said contact head to constitute a part of an electric conduction path, wherein
electric continuity with the object to be contacted is established by said wire and said contact head and not said elastic member.
2. A contact arrangement for a high-frequency circuit according to claim 1 , wherein an arm or a cavity is formed to said insulator to provide a gap between said elastic member and said contact head.
3. A contact arrangement for a high-frequency circuit according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising:
a metallic lead inserted between said insulator and said contact head to be electrically continuous with said contact head, and including an arm for wiring which extends outward along a direction intersecting an axial direction of said elastic member, wherein
said wire is connected to said arm for wiring at a place located outer than side edges of said contact head and said elastic member.
4. A contact arrangement used for an antenna for a vehicle window comprising:
a main body;
an elastic member installed inside said main body;
a contact head made of a conductor and pressed by a force exerted from said elastic member against a contacting area of an antenna element attached to the vehicle window;
an insulator inserted between said elastic member and said contact head to break electric continuity between said elastic member and said contact head, and
a wire physically connected to said contact head to constitute a part of an electric conduction path, wherein
electric continuity with the contacting area is established by said wire and said contact head rather than said elastic member.
5. A method of installing, in a vehicle, a contact arrangement used for an antenna for a vehicle window, the contact arrangement including
a main body,
an elastic member installed inside said main body,
a contact head made of a conductor and pressed by a force exerted from said elastic member against a contacting area of an antenna element attached to the vehicle window;
an insulator inserted between said elastic member and said contact head to break electric continuity between said elastic member and said contact head, and
a wire connected to said contact head to constitute a part of an electric conduction path, the contact arrangement in which
electric continuity with the contacting area is established by said wire and said contact head rather than said elastic member, the method comprising the steps of:
attaching said contact arrangement to a vehicle panel, and
fixing the vehicle window onto said vehicle panel in such a manner that said contact head of said contact arrangement contacts said contacting area of said antenna element attached to the vehicle window.