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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1986
Paul D Bellamy, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Richard A Fritz, Red Hook, NY (US);
Wayne V Myers, Saugerties, NY (US);
Gary J Robinson, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Raymond L Simonetty, West Hurley, NY (US);
Jordan M Taylor, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An improved connector assembly includes a resistor coated guide pin to facilitate coupling or decoupling a circuit card to a circuit board. A first embodiment of the pin configuration comprises a single taper pin for eliminating current surges during insertion of the pin into its associated plug. A second embodiment of the pin configuration comprises a dual taper pin having two zones of resistance for also eliminating the spark and associated high frequency noise resulting from pin insertion into or removal from the connector assembly.