ELECTRICAL TERMINAL AND A ZERO INSERTION FORCE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR COMPRISING SUCH TERMINALS

摘要

9375 An electrical terminal has a spring beam part anchored to a support and from which extends a contact spring portion having a contact surface for engaging a conductor of a circuit board, upon a cam follower being withdrawn from an abutment surface of the contact spring portion. The contact spring portion is so formed that it is deflected by the cam follower when it is applied to the abutment surface, before the spring beam part is deflected, and so that when the cam follower is withdrawn from the abutment surface, the contact surface wipes along the conductor. A plurality of the terminals may be incorporated in a zero insertion force circuit board edge connector.