IP Library Granted Patent US 9,077,113
Granted Patent B2
US 9,077,113 · App. 14/003,519 · Granted Jul 7, 2015

Press-insertion connector

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Patent No.
US 9,077,113
App. No.
14/003,519
Granted
Jul 7, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector includes: a casing ( 1 ), a plurality of pins ( 2 ), including: a first end portion ( 3 ), extending along a first axis (A 1 ), a second end portion ( 4 ), extending along a second axis (A 2 ), a securing portion ( 5 ), adjacent to the first end portion ( 3 ) and secured to the casing ( 1 ), an insertion part ( 6 ), arranged between the securing portion ( 5 ) and the second end portion ( 4 ), certain pins ( 2 ) including at the level of their insertion part ( 6 ) at least one wavy inflected part ( 7 ) including at least one axial part ( 11 ) extending along the first axis (A 1 ) or the second axis (A 2 ) and an off-axis part ( 12 ) extending radially distant from the axial part ( 11 ), the off-axis part ( 12 ) being connected to the axial part ( 11 ) through a curved shape.

Claims (44)

1. A connector comprising:

a casing; and

a plurality of pins, each pin comprising:

a first end portion, extending along a first axis,

a second end portion, extending along a second axis,

a securing portion, adjacent to the first end portion and secured to the casing,

an insertion part, arranged between the securing portion and the second end portion,

wherein at least some of the pins comprise at the level of their insertion part at least one wavy inflected part, as a result of which the extremities of the second end portions of the pins are situated substantially in one and the same plane perpendicular to the second axis,

the wavy inflected part comprises at least one axial part, extending along the first axis or the second axis and one off-axis part extending radially distant from the axial part, the off-axis part being connected to the axial part through a curved shape, and

the insertion part of each pin comprises:

a first straight portion adjacent to the securing portion and extending essentially on the first axis,

a second straight portion adjacent to the second end portion and extending essentially on the second axis,

a bent portion, situated between the first and the second straight portion,

the at least some of the pins comprising the at least one wavy inflected part at the level of their respective first straight portion.

2. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.

3. The connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insertion part of each pin extends essentially on the second axis, the first axis and second axis being colinear.

4. A connector comprising:

a casing; and

a plurality of pins, each pin comprising:

a first end portion, extending along a first axis,

a second end portion, extending along a second axis,

a securing portion, adjacent to the first end portion and secured to the casing,

an insertion part, arranged between the securing portion and the second end portion,

wherein at least some of the pins comprise at the level of their insertion part at least one wavy inflected part, as a result of which extremities of the second end portions of the pins are situated substantially in one and the same plane perpendicular to the second axis,

the wavy inflected part comprises at least one axial part, extending along the first axis or the second axis and one off-axis part extending radially distant from the axial part, the off-axis part being connected to the axial part through a curved shape, and

the insertion part of each pin comprises:

a first straight portion adjacent to the securing portion and extending essentially on the first axis,

a second straight portion adjacent to the second end portion and extending essentially on the second axis,

a bent portion, situated between the first and the second straight portion,

the at least some of the pins including the at least one wavy inflected part at the level of their respective second straight portion.

5. A connector comprising:

a casing; and

a plurality of pins, each pin comprising:

a first end portion, extending along a first axis,

a second end portion, extending along a second axis,

a securing portion, adjacent to the first end portion and secured to the casing,

an insertion part, arranged between the securing portion and the second end portion,

wherein at least some of the pins comprise at the level of their insertion part at least one wavy inflected part, as a result of which extremities of the second end portions of the pins are situated substantially in one and the same plane perpendicular to the second axis,

the wavy inflected part comprises at least one axial part, extending along the first axis or the second axis and one off-axis part extending radially distant from the axial part, the off-axis part being connected to the axial part through a curved shape, and

the insertion part of each pin comprises:

a first straight portion adjacent to the securing portion and extending essentially on the first axis,

a second straight portion adjacent to the second end portion and extending essentially on the second axis,

a bent portion, situated between the first and the second straight portion,

the at least some of the pins including at least one wavy inflected part at the level of their respective bent portion.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2023
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH; VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
Reel/Frame 063425/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE S.A.S.; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 062492/0737 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 19, 2013
From: CHASTANET, JEROME
To: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE FRANCE; CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
Reel/Frame 031241/0834 →