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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. 06, 1999
Filed:
May. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl C Petersen, Mentor, OH (US);
Ronald P Sidor, Stratford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Framatome Connectors USA Inc., Fairfield, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439637 ;
Abstract
A card edge connector having a housing, first contacts, and second contacts. The first and second contacts each have mounting sections and cantilevered flexible sections. The mounting sections of the first and second contacts have different lengths. The cantilevered flexible sections of the first and second contacts have the same length and shape. The first and second contacts are inserted into the housing at the same time on a single carry strip to form multi-level contact areas.