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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald S Pala, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439492 ; 439395 ;
Abstract
An electrical contact comprises; an elongated electrical contact portion, a wire connecting tab, an offset portion of the contact connecting the tab to a central portion of the contact, a first bend extending across a relatively wide section of the tab, a second bend extending across a relatively narrow section of the tab and parallel to the first bend, and a slot extending beside the tab, the first bend in the tab intersects the slot and the relatively wide section prevents concentration of stress from the first bend at the intersection of the tab and a bottom edge of the slot.