摘要 |
A PORTABLE TELEPHONE CONNECTION SYSTEM COMPRISES AN IN-PHONE CONNECTOR (2) HAVING A HOUSING (4) AND A PLURALITY OF JUXTAPOSED THIN CONTACT STRIPS (20) MOUNTED THEREIN. IN ONE EMBODIMENT THE CONTACT STRIPS HAVING A U-SHAPE WITH A TOP CONTACT (21) AND SIDE CONTACT WALLS (22) EXTENDING THEREFROM. A DATA CONNECTOR (40) HAVING RESILIENT CONTACTS (44) WITH CONTACT TIPS (50) CAN BE PLUGGED TO THE IN-PHONE CONNECTOR WHERE THE CONTACT TIPS (52) BIAS AGAINST THE IN-PHONE CONTACT TOP WALLS (21). FOR HIGHER CURRENT APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS CONNECTION OF A POWER PLUG (119), THE POWER PLUG IS PROVIDED WITH FORK-TYPED CONTACTS (104) THAT CONTACT THE IN-PHONE CONTACT SIDE WALLS (22) FOR HIGH CONTACT PRESSURE THEREAGAINST. THE UNITARY THIN STRIP IN-PHONE CONTACTS CAN THUS BE ARRANGED IN A VERY COMPACT MANNER AND ARE RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE TO MANUFACTURE, WHILST BEING PLUGGABLE TO BOTH DATA, POWER AND OTHER CONNECTORS. IN A SECOND EMBODIMENT, THE IN-PHONE CONNECTOR HAS TERMINALS (206) THAT ONLY HAVE A PLANAR CONTACT PAD (212) WHERE THE COMPLEMENTARY CONTACTS (234) OF THE CRADLE CONNECTOR BIAS THEREAGAINST. THE CRADLE CONNECTOR CONTACTS (234) HAVE A VERY SUPPLE MEANDERING SPRING SECTION AND ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR IN SHAPE. ALL POWER, DATA AND OTHER CONTACTS ARE THE SAME. (FIG.16)
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