| US 7,573,231 B2 | ||
| Recharging terminal | ||
| Kenji Nagai, Tokyo (Japan); Yoshihiro Matsuyama, Tokyo (Japan); Masakatsu Shimada, Tokyo (Japan); Masaya Fujino, Tokyo (Japan); and Akio Shogen, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Uniden Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 23, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/745,415. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0141701 A1, Jun. 30, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 320—111 | 15 Claims |
| 1. An interterminal connection structure comprising:
a detachably engagable pair of members, including a first member having a first terminal, and including a second member having
a second terminal;
guiding structure arranged to cause the first terminal to contact the second terminal in intersecting relationship upon engagement
of said pair of members; and
a biasing element arranged to apply a biasing force to maintain contact between the first terminal and second terminal upon
engagement of the pair of members;
wherein the connection structure is arranged to cause a portion of the first terminal to slide against a portion of the second
terminal in accordance with a swinging motion of the second terminal accompanying an increase in the biasing force upon engagement
of the pair of members, wherein the first terminal is arranged to contact the second terminal in intersecting relationship
at a contact site, at least a portion of the first terminal comprises a wire, at least a portion of the second terminal comprises
a wire, and the first terminal is brought into point-contact with the second terminal at the contact site, andwherein the second terminal comprises a torsion coil spring structure constituting said biasing element, with a coiled portion
of the torsion coil spring structure attached to a boss, such that the second terminal is biased in a rotational direction
using the boss.
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