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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1999
Chansy Phommachanh, Shakopee, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector including a plurality of contact springs having contact regions aligned generally along a single line of contact. The contact springs include rearwardly and forwardly facing contact springs that are positioned next to one another. The rearwardly facing contact spring includes a distal portion positioned behind the contact line and a proximal portion positioned in front of the contact line. The forwardly facing contact spring includes a distal portion positioned in front of the line of contact and a proximal portion positioned behind the line of contact. The rearwardly facing contact spring and the forwardly facing contact spring are shaped such that when the rearwardly and forwardly facing contact springs are in a deflective orientation: (a) the distal portion of the rearwardly facing contact spring defines an angle greater than 10° relative to the proximal portion of the forwardly facing contact spring; and (b) the proximal portion of the rearwardly facing contact spring is defines an angle greater than 10° relative to the distal portion of the forwardly facing contact spring.