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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Iosif Korsunsky, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corportion, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical card edge connector comprising: (a) a housing defining a slot for receiving an edge of a circuit board and a plurality of cavities along the slot for receiving contacts; (b) a plurality of contacts in the cavities. The plurality of contacts has at least a first contact, a second contact, and a third contact, each of which comprises a body and at least one cantilevered arm extending from the body. At least one cantilevered arm of each contact extends into the slot so that when a circuit board is inserted in the slot, a portion of the cantilevered arm of each contact contacts the circuit board. From a viewpoint parallel to the slot, the profile of the body of the first contact overlaps substantially all of the profile of each body of the second and third contacts. Additionally, from this viewpoint, the profile of one or more cantilever arms of the first contact overlaps a substantial portion of the profile of each cantilever arm of the second and third contacts.