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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:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ching-ho Lai, Tao Yuan Hsien, TW;
Cheng-Hong Lin, Chung-Ho, TW;
Assignee:
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439876 ;
Abstract
A conductive contact for an electrical connector is disclosed. The conductive contact comprises a lower inserting section for inserting into an external circuit board, an upper contacting section for engaging a mating lead pin of a chip, a middle fixing section for fixing onto a cooperating housing for an electrical connector, and anti-wicking means for prevention of wicking during wave soldering procedure. The anti-wicking means can be an inverted V-shaped groove formed on the fixing section or a horizontal plate stamped from the fixing section. The conductive contact can be formed by stamping and bending.