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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. 15, 2000
Filed:
May. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Iosif Korsunsky, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Richard Schroepfer, Thompsontown, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439637 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector 12 is provided for receiving a card edge into a card-receiving slot 13. A series of contacts 20 are disposed inside contact-receiving cavities 14 which are provided along the card-receiving slot 13. The contacts 20 have a cantilever arm 42, a tail section 40 and a contact section 48 which is lanced from the cantilever arm 42. The contact section 48 is profiled to have a contact point 50 located at a distance from the cantilever arm 42 near a free end 44.