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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
David Allen Klein, Kernersville, NC (US);
Earl Watson Hancock, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
David Allen Klein, Kernersville, NC (US);
Earl Watson Hancock, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
Header pins having improved positional stability and increased terminal retention are disclosed. The header pins have retention features spaced longitudinally apart and rotated around an axis. In one embodiment, two pairs of swaged retention features are created, spaced longitudinally apart, and the planes defining the retention features are displaced approximately ninety degrees (90°) apart. The pairs of retention features are disposed relatively near a central section of the header pin and at a distance from one another that is relatively less than the overall length of the header pin. A notch disposed in the body of the header pin is longitudinally spaced from the two pairs of retention features. Methods of making a header pin and improved methods of assembling a header block are also disclosed.