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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Nicholas Whyne, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Richard W. Grzybowski, Lebanon, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3625 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/3625 ;
Abstract
A pin grid array contact has been provided that includes a planar main body and first and second spring beams. The planar main body defines, and is arranged within, a primary contact plane. The main body has edges along opposed sides and along opposed ends. The first and second spring beams are formed integral with the main body and extend from a common one of the edges by different first and second lengths, respectively. The first length is longer than said second length. The first and second spring beams being are aligned with the primary contact plane.