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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Sohrab Safai, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A contact is formed of a terminus (,) that forms the rear termination end of the contact, and a mater (,) that forms the front contact mating end such as a socket (,) or pin, the front of the terminus being joined to the rear of the mater. The terminus front portion forms a groove (,) and the mater rear end has a part (,) that lies in the groove and is locked therein. The maters can be completely gold plated while the terminus is not plated at all, to minimize the use of gold while avoiding the need for masks to selectively plate only portions of a unitary contact. In one contact design, the groove (,) at the front end of the terminus opens forwardly (F) and is formed by concentric inner and outer groove walls (,), with the rear end of the terminus having a cylindrical part (,) that fits into the groove with a press fit and/or crimp of the outer groove wall. In another contact construction, the groove (,) opens radially outward (O) and the rear end of the terminus forms a radially inwardly projecting flange (,) that lies in the groove.
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