Te Connectivity Corporation

Tyco Electronics Corporation

Raymond L Landon, Iii

David Humphrey

Michael Edward Didonato

Kevin Edward Weidner

Jacob Glenn Havener

Robert Stewart Correll, Jr

A receptacle terminal for receipt of a mating terminal therein. The receptacle terminal includes a contact portion having a bottom wall and resilient arms which extend from either side of the bottom wall. The bottom wall has a raised portion with a first embossment position proximate a lead-in surface at a mating end of the contact portion. The bottom wall has a second embossment spaced from the first embossment, the first and second embossments providing additional strength and stability to the contact portion to prevent unwanted bending of the terminal. This provides a stable electrical connection while allowing for a lower insertion force of the mating terminal into the socket terminal.

Receptacle terminal with stable contact geometry

An electrical terminal having a contact portion, a wire termination portion and a transition portion. The contact portion is configured to receive a mating terminal along a mating axis. The wire termination portion defines a wire termination axis that intersects the mating axis. The transition portion extends between the contact portion and the wire termination portion. The transition portion extends parallel to the mating axis and the wire termination axis. An engagement section extends at an angle from the transition portion. The engagement section has a push surface intersecting the mating axis. Wherein a force can be applied to the push surface to mate the contact portion with the mating terminal.

Electrical terminal having a push surface

A receptacle connector that includes a positive lock receptacle, wherein the positive lock receptacle includes a wire receiving portion; and a housing insertion portion, wherein the housing insertion portion further includes a first electrical contact roll and a second electrical contact roll; and a housing adapted to receive the positive lock receptacle, wherein the housing includes: an insulating housing body; and a first crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body and a second crush rib positioned within the insulating housing body, wherein the first and second crush ribs engage and secure the first and second electrical contact rolls respectively upon insertion of the housing insertion portion of the positive lock receptacle into the housing.

Crush rib housing for postive lock receptacle

A coaxial connector having shell assemblies including shells and contacts is provided for accepting misalignment of connectors during blind mating. The coaxial connector includes a first shell having a cavity and a second shell that resides in the cavity of the first shell. The second shell is movable relative to the first shell. The first shell assembly has a first contact that resides in the first shell, and the second shell assembly has a second contact that resides in the second shell. The second contact is in direct contact with the first contact, and the first and second contacts are movable relative to each other while maintaining direct contact. The shell assemblies are arranged along longitudinal axes that are concentric with one another and overlap in an unbiased position. When the shell assemblies are moved relative to one another, the axes no longer overlap.

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Elizabethtown, PA, United States of America

Raymond L Landon, Iii