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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Etters, PA (US);
Charles Dudley Copper, Harrisburg, PA (US);
John Michael Landis, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A contact system includes at least one opposed pair of contacts. Each of the contacts has a resilient rear leg, a guide section extending from the rear leg, and a contact interface extending from the guide section. The contact interface includes a furcated surface adapted to establish multiple points of contact with a mating contact interface. The furcated surface includes a first contact beam and a second contact beam separated by a slot. At least one contoured footing extends from one of the first and second contact beams to establish multiple contact points with a mating interface.