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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Applicants:
Joseph B. Shuey, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Jose L. Ortega, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph B. Shuey, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Jose L. Ortega, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Assignee:
FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A contact assembly for use in an electrical connector. The contact assembly includes an insulative contact block defining a plurality of apertures therethrough. The contacts assembly also includes a plurality of dual beam contact terminals. Each plurality of dual beam contact terminals extends through an aperture in the contact block wherein the dual beam contact terminals are seated within the aperture of the contact block at an inwardly directed tension that maintains a desired spring rate on the contacts.