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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. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439885 ; 439876 ;
Abstract
A contact strip includes a plurality of terminals (10) joined together by a material band (50). Each terminal (10) includes a connection portion (11) having a first contact portion (13) extending from one end thereof for reception in a receptacle connector (80) and a second contact portion (14) extending from another end thereof for engagement with a PCB. A pair of opposite cutting cutouts (30) is defined in each end of the connection portion (11) adjacent to the adjoining material band (50) for facilitating the separation of the terminals (10) from the contact strip by means of a cutter (90) cutting along a straight line 'C'.