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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Joel J. Yeh, San Gabrie, CA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing ( ) and a plurality of &OHgr;-shaped conductive terminals ( ) mounted in the dielectric housing. The dielectric housing defined a plurality of passageways ( ) to accommodate the terminals. Each of the &OHgr;-shaped terminals comprises a solder tail ( ), a retention portion ( ) located in front of the tail portion and secured to the housing, a looped spring portion ( ) extending forwardly and upwardly from the retention portion, a horizontal beam ( ) extending forwardly from the looped spring portion, an arcuate portion ( ) extending forwardly and upwards from a front end of the horizontal beam and a contact portion ( ) extending rearwards from a free end of the arcuate portion into a front end portion of a corresponding passageways, said contact portion being adapted for engaging with a terminal of a complementary connector.