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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. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shuji Kajinuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 74 ; 439248 ;
Abstract
Contacts fabricated from a thin metal sheet by stamping in the form of a lead frame are used as U-shaped contact assemblies 30 which are straddled over and secured to side walls 22, 23 of the insulating housing 20 or are molded as an integral part thereof. Due to the fact that a gap G is formed between the outer surface 36 of contacts 31 of the contact assembly 30 and outside surface of side walls 22, 23 of the insulating housing 20, the connector 10 can move in a lateral direction relative to the printed circuit board 50.