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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2003
Alan Raistrick, Rockville, MD (US);
Joseph B. Shuey, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Alan Raistrick, Rockville, MD (US);
Joseph B. Shuey, Camp Hill, PA (US);
FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
An electrical contact that is particularly suitable for use in high speed, grid array connectors is disclosed. The contact includes a retention member extending along a length thereof. The retention member is adapted to retain the contact within a connector base and to deform upon insertion of the contact into the base to cause a generally straight edge to be formed along a portion of the contact that includes the length along which the retention member extends. Thus, a generally uniform impedance profile may be created between adjacent contacts along the respective portions that are inserted into the connector base.