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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1998
Ping Chen, Aichi, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A small-size electrical contact includes a female contact section allowing for a highly reliable electrical connection with a mating contact. Electrical contact (10) has a female contact section (20), a contact member (30) is arranged inside the female contact section (20). The contact member (30) includes a bent section (31) and a tongue portion (32). The bent section 31 extends from a back end of a second bottom wall (22). Tongue portion (32) connected to the bent section (31) extends toward a front end of the female contact section and has a contact section (32a) facing the second bottom wall (22). In an upper wall (24), a protrusion (40) is provided extending in a direction of the contact member (30) along the tongue portion (32). The protrusion (40) provides support for the contact member (30) when a mating contact (110) is inserted in the female contact section (20).