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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Mark Myer, Millersville, PA (US);
John Raymond Shuey, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Keith Robert Denlinger, Lancaster, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439852 ; 439744 ;
Abstract
An electrical contact (10) with a receptacle section (20) having a cantilever beam (32), which beam is spring biased by a spring (40). The location of the spring (40) is controlled by spring locking sections (46,47,48) formed thereon, and by complementary locking structures (26,27,28) of receptacle (20) which register with the spring locking sections (46,47,48).