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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John L Broschard, III, Hershey, PA (US);
Edmund Luther Jacobs, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Jared Joseph Smalley, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439748 ;
Abstract
An electrical contact having a termination end for terminating with a wire and a contact end for mating with a mating contact. The contact end has a top wall with two top portions with a seam therebetween. One of the top portions has a locking lance to secure the contact within a housing. An engaging member provides interaction between the two top portions to distribute forces from the top portion having the locking lance to the other top portion.