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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2005
Filed:
May. 06, 2004
Applicant:
James Paul Scholz, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Inventor:
James Paul Scholz, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R004/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electrical contact for a connector includes a contact body that defines a contact plane and a longitudinal contact axis. The contact body includes a contact mounting end for attaching the contact to a circuit board, a mating end to mate with a mating contact, and a backbone section including first and second opposite edges that longitudinally extends between the mating and mounting ends. The mating end includes first and second contact beams laterally extending from the first edge and longitudinally displaced from one another the longitudinal axis.