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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bernard Juret, Crissey, FR;
Assignee:
ITT Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439862 ; 439886 ;
Abstract
A contact element has a mating portion (20, FIG. 4B) that lies slightly above a card-engaging surface (48) to engage a terminal on a data card, with the mating portion constructed to avoid damage from small objects improperly pressed sidewardly against the mating portion. The middle (23) of the mating portion which lies above the horizontal card-engaging surface, is curved about both laterally-extending and longitudinally-extending axes, to form a dome with a convex upper surface, or a 'spoon' shape.