IP Library Granted Patent US 7,503,774
Granted Patent B2
US 7,503,774 · App. 12/167,410 · Granted Mar 17, 2009

Surface mount contact member

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Patent No.
US 7,503,774
App. No.
12/167,410
Granted
Mar 17, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A surface mount contact member includes a metal base and a conductive coil spring. The metal base is provided with a nozzle suction surface to be sucked by a suction nozzle and a soldering surface that can be soldered. The soldering surface is faced downward when the nozzle suction surface is faced upward. The conductive coil spring is attached to the metal base in an electrically conductive manner with the nozzle suction surface being exposed to an inner peripheral side of the coil spring.

Claims (8)

1. A surface mount contact member comprising:

a metal base provided with a nozzle suction surface to be sucked by a suction nozzle and a soldering surface that can be soldered and is faced downward when the nozzle suction surface is faced upward; and

a conductive coil spring attached to the metal base in an electrically conductive manner with the nozzle suction surface being exposed to an inner peripheral side of the coil spring, wherein the nozzle suction surface is a top surface of a protrusion provided to stand on a base portion of the metal base, the coil spring is fitted over the protrusion, and the soldering surface is provided on a leg portion extending in a direction opposite to the protrusion.

2. The surface mount contact member according to claim 1 , wherein

the coil spring has an opening only sufficient for the suction nozzle to pass through.

3. The surface mount contact member according to claim 1 , wherein

the coil spring is fitted over a protrusion provided on the metal base, and

a reverse section is provided in an upper end of the protrusion in order to inhibit the coil spring from coming off.

Assignments (2)
ADDRESS CHANGE Recorded Apr 17, 2014
From: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
To: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032707/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2008
From: YUMI, HIDEO; KONDA, KENJI
To: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021197/0358 →