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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Wayne Stewart Alden, Iii, Whitman, MA (US);
Jeffery W. Mason, N. Attleboro, MA (US);
Peter Wapenski, Foster, RI (US);
Inventors:
Wayne Stewart Alden, III, Whitman, MA (US);
Jeffery W. Mason, N. Attleboro, MA (US);
Peter Wapenski, Foster, RI (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 9/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A socket connector includes an insulator having a plurality of apertures. A plurality of contacts are held by the insulator and arranged in groups. Each group includes plural contacts disposed around a periphery of a respective aperture. Each contact includes a polymer contact body having first and second opposite contact tips. A conductive coating extends on the contact body from the first contact tip to the second contact tip.