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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2018
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Zlatan Ljubijankic, Mississauga, CA;
Andy Toffelmire, Whitby, CA;
Peter E. Jay, Toronto, CA;
Barbara H. Marten, Toronto, CA;
Valeria Caraiani, Thornhill, CA;
Andrew B. Matus, Ajax, CA;
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
A wafer assembly for an electrical connector, and method for making, that has a first and second wafers configured to interlock with one another. Each of the wafers has at least one contact that has a body portion with a mating end for coupling to a mating contact and a tail end opposite the mating end for engaging a printed circuit board where the mating and tail ends extend from opposite sides of the wafer. A conductive spring member is sandwiched between the first and second wafers. The wafer assembly can include one or more electronic components in electrical contact with the spring member and one of the contacts.