Tyco Electronics Corporation

Robert Allen Kirker

Jason M'Cheyne Reisinger

Keith McQuilkin Murr

Dean Camiel William Vermeersch

A bifurcated conductive pad positioned on an electrical mating component, such as a circuit card, a contact portion of a cable assembly, or the like, having a main body and a mating edge. The bifurcated conductive pad receives a mating element having a built-up charge. The conductive pad comprises an initial contact portion and a final contact portion. The initial contact portion is configured to receive the mating element before the final contact portion receives the mating element, and wherein at least one of the initial and final contact portions is grounded so that the final contact portion receives a reduced amount of the built-up charge.

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Harrisburg, PA, United States of America

Robert Allen Kirker